Trump, Judge and Wind Farm
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The UK is set to back a vast new fleet of offshore wind projects in the North Sea alongside nine other European countries including Norway, Germany and the Netherlands. The government says the deal will strengthen energy security by offering an escape from what it calls the "fossil fuel rollercoaster".
A nearly finished offshore wind farm that the Trump administration abruptly froze just before Christmas is spinning back to life, the New York Times reports. A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday ruled construction can resume on Vineyard Wind,
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UK signs on to massive wind farm project with 9 European nations
The United Kingdom has joined eight continental partners in a sweeping pact to turn the North Sea into a shared clean power hub, anchored by a 100 gigawatt offshore wind buildout. The agreement, framed as a strategic answer to both climate pressures and energy security risks,
Dominion Energy has reached another construction milestone for its wind farm project off the coast of Virginia Beach. Crews installed the first turbine tower — a massive cylinder around 482 feet above sea level — on Wednesday, Dominion spokesperson Jeremy Slayton said.
A fourth offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was temporarily allowed to resume construction on Tuesday, marking yet another legal setback for the White House on the issue. Federal Judge Brian Murphy,
The costs were revealed in court filings as project developers argued in court this month to end Trump administration stop-work orders.
A new map reveals where wind turbines are projected to be placed for the first phase of Southwest Wisconsin’s largest proposed wind farm.
RWE said the wind farm would potentially generate a maximum of 1080MW. "Once fully constructed, Five Estuaries would be capable of generating sufficient electricity to power the equivalent of up to 1 million typical UK homes annually," it said.
A federal judge ruled the Empire Wind project can move forward while he considers the merits of the Trump administration's order to suspend it.