President Trump has launched a wide range of attacks on the US wind power industry. This is a large -scale, not only new offshore -wind power plants in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but also not only small wind power plants in federal land and private property, but also many small wind power plants. We have started the Presidential Order. Nationwide.
Mr. Trump's order in an elliptical office on Monday night will stop all leasing the federal land and water area of a new wind power plant, which is holding a new government review. We will also instruct the federal government to suspend all wind power plants anywhere for the time being. This is a movement that can confuse private land projects that require federal wildlife and other environmental permissions.
Although the order is no longer sought to freeze the wind power under construction, Trump instructed the U.S. Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of Interior to find the possibility of “termination or correction” of the already issued lease. 。 In other words, a project that has already been approved by the federal government may face new hurdles.
In summary, this movement may prove something inconvenient for the US wind industry. This is a major source of Republican -led state -led state, which provides 10 % of US electricity, and is a Republican -led state, such as Iowa, Oklahoma, and Texas. The wind industry currently has a 40 -gigawatts -equivalent project to drive tens of millions of houses while developing in states such as the Atlantic Ocean, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota.
The Biden administration has approved the permission of 11 commercial power plants along the Atlantic coast. Five of them were under construction and one was completed. However, the Eastern State, such as New York and Massachusetts, hoped to build more offshore wind projects to achieve renewable energy goals. These goals are now in danger.
The wind industry has significantly criticized Trump's order and opposed another declaration made by the president on Monday.
“Wind power generation is an essential factor in response to the key to national security and the soaring power demand of data centers and the highest management responsibility of American Clean Power Association, an industrial trade group in the revitalization industry. Jason Grumet, a person, said. “The possibility that the federal government will actively oppose energy production by American companies on private land is in conflict with our country's personality and national interests.”
Trump has been a strong wind -powered critic for many years since trying to prevent offshorewind farms from being built in consideration of one of the Scottish golf courses. In a speech shortly after the inauguration of Monday, the new president has begun a long dia trib for wind turbine.
“We don't intend to do the wind,” Trump told the crowds of Washington's capital arena. “The big ugly windmill, they will ruin your neighborhood.”
His orders for a wide range of repression of new wind power plants will increase industry issues.
Wind power has continued to be one of the rapidly growing power sources in the United States, but has been growing in recent years in the face of a rapid increase in cost and high interest rates. Many wind companies are now delaying the connection to the grid, and there is an opposition from a rural community that is worried about the confusion from a new turbine in the size of a skyscraper. More than 400 counties have been imposed on local restrictions or ban on wind turbines, including many of Tennessee and Kentucky.
The offshorewind project developers are bigger, more complicated, and more expensive, but are struggling to increase the cost and supply chain hurdles.
On Monday, even before Trump signed the presidential decree, Orsted, the world's largest offshore developer, wrote about $ 1.7 billion on a project off the east coast of the United States. The company believes that it is due to the higher US interest rate, which raised the cost of the company's projects, and a large -scale project delay, a large -scale project, a large project off the coast of New York.
On Tuesday analysts, the Dus Nippers, the highest executive officer of Orsted, has not completed a large -scale offshore wind power plant compared to many of these projects in Europe. I blamed the writing about “Inexperienced and early industries”.
Experts said that Trump's order would make it even more difficult. Trump may try to cancel leases and projects that have already been approved by the Biden administration, which may have long -term resistance to the industry.
Timothy Fox, the management director of Clearview Energy Partners, states:
The Presidential Ordinance on Monday told the federal agency to conduct a “comprehensive” review of federal -style permission, including studying the ecological effects of wind turbines for birds and marine mammals. Mr. Trump claims that offshore wind power plants have killed extinct ED whales in the Atlantic Ocean, but scientists have not found evidence to support it.
This order also adds new legal uncertainty to the industry. The Biden administration defends wind projects facing legal issues from local enemies, such as Rhoden Revolution and South Fork, Virginia coastal offshorewind projects, and offshorewind projects, Maryland. Ta.
However, Fox said that the President's order on Monday is unlikely by the Trump administration to continue to defend these projects in court.
“We have been approved for many offshorewind projects, and have been approved after many years of review,” said the Eric Milito, the National Association of Ocean Industrial Association, which represents the oil, gas, and wind companies. I mentioned. “In any industry, even a slight delay can lead to a retreat of multiple years, and as a result, bottle neck and higher costs ultimately affect energy consumers.”
For example, the planning plan for the wind turbine along the coast of California and the main bay has not yet been approved by the federal government and is at risk of stopping.
As part of his order, Trump has suspended the LAVA RIDGE WindGe Wind Project, a 231 -turbine development of the federal land in Idaho, visible from the historical location of World War II. The project had already received permission from the Land Management Bureau under the Biden administration.
Opponents of Offshore Wind Projects -In many cases, the fishermen were destroyed, and some groups related to the fossil fuel industry supported Trump's administrative order, worried about the destroyed strategy and landowners.
Jerry Lehman, the highest executive officer of the New England fisherman's Steward Ship Association, states:
STANLEY REED has contributed to the report.
