by Alex Brown | Mar 25, 2026 | Energy, Fossil Fuels, LNG, New York, News, North Carolina, renewable, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Trump Administration, wind, wind energy, wind farm, Wind Farms
The U.S. government will pay a French energy firm nearly $1 billion to cancel its plans to build a pair of wind farms off the East Coast, the Trump administration announced Monday in its latest move to stymie offshore wind. The French firm TotalEnergies will forfeit its leases for projects off the coasts of New York and North Carolina, with the United States paying $928 million to reimburse…
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by Tik Root | Dec 22, 2025 | AI, Biden Administration, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, News, Renewable Energy, Trump Administration, Wind Farms
The Department of Interior abruptly paused the leases for five of the nation’s largest proposed off-shore wind projects on Monday. That effectively halts all ongoing off-shore wind development in the United States. The moves come as electricity demand in the U.S. is growing for the first time in years, driven in large part by the data centers needed to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
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