'Repowering' era for America's aging wind energy industry begins, despite Trump's effort to kill it

'Repowering' era for America's aging wind energy industry begins, despite Trump's effort to kill it

Onshore wind turbines cover many parts of the U.S. and Trump's attacks on renewable energy won't stop that, but aging wind energy infrastructure does need work.

Aging U.S. wind energy infrastructure begins its ‘repowering’ era

Jeffrey Sanders / 500px | 500px | Getty Images On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order indefinitely halting permits for new onshore wind energy projects on federal land, as well as new leases for offshore wind farms in U.S. coastal waters. The action not only fulfilled Trump’s “no new windmills” campaign pledge, but struck yet another blow to the wind industry, which has been hit hard over the past few years by sup…