Offshore upwind has nary aboriginal arsenic a root of energy procreation successful the United States nether the Trump administration, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said astatine an vigor league successful Italy this week.
"Under this administration, determination is not a aboriginal for offshore upwind due to the fact that it is excessively costly and not reliable enough," Burgum told an assemblage astatine the Gastech league successful Milan connected Wednesday.
It is the clearest connection yet from a elder Trump medication authoritative that the president aims to unopen down the nascent offshore upwind manufacture successful the U.S. Burgum oversees the leasing and permitting of offshore upwind farms successful national waters arsenic caput of the Department of Interior.
President Donald Trump barred caller leases for offshore upwind farms connected his archetypal time successful bureau done an enforcement bid that was framed arsenic "temporary." Trump besides ordered a reappraisal of permits, but the manufacture had hoped projects nether operation would beryllium allowed to determination forward.
But Interior is "taking a heavy look" astatine 5 offshore upwind farms that are already nether operation successful the U.S., Burgum said Wednesday without naming the projects.
The offshore upwind farms nether operation are Revolution Wind disconnected Rhode Island; Vineyard Wind 1 disconnected Massachusetts; Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind; Sunrise Wind disconnected New York; and Empire Wind besides disconnected New York.
"Yes, they were permitted but they got moved done a precise accelerated ideologically-driven permitting process," Burgum said astatine the league successful Italy.
Interior ordered Danish renewable vigor institution Orsted to halt construction of Revolution Wind connected August 22, citing nationalist information concerns. The task is afloat permitted and 80% implicit with billions of dollars invested, according to Orsted.
Interior had issued a stop-work bid for Empire Wind successful April, but yet fto the task resume construction successful May aft seemingly striking a woody implicit caller earthy state capacity.
Burgum told CNBC's Brian Sullivan this week that the Trump medication is successful discussions with Orsted and New England governors connected Revolution Wind, though helium wouldn't accidental that the task mightiness restart work.
"I can't accidental for definite due to the fact that immoderate of these projects are a literal bid wreck successful presumption of their economics," Burgum told CNBC. "If we were to implicit them past we're conscionable locking successful billions and billions of payer wealth which mightiness beryllium going to a hedge fund."
Renewable vigor executives told CNBC successful August that the Trump administration's attacks connected star and upwind volition pb to a powerfulness crunch that increases energy prices.
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