Workers fear for the future as Trump casts a shadow over the wind industry

Taking the wind from our sails: Trump move against offshore energy projects is really dumb

Offshore wind, one of many energy sources that was going to help New York meet incredibly ambitious goals to decarbonize its power grid, is now dangling in the breeze, with President Trump halting new federal leases and permits for offshore projects while the feds look deeper into their environmental and economic impacts.

Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

Offshore wind in New York once looked breezy but is now facing headwinds.Wind turbines soon to begin construction miles off the coast have the potential to deliver significant amounts of clean, electric power to the state, staving off blackouts in the future as the need for electricity increases and greening New York City’s grid, which relies mostly on dirty fossil fuels. But that future could be at risk.On his first day in office, President Don…

Wind Industry Spinning in Its Grave

How The US Lost The Global Floating Wind Turbine Race

The US shut itself out of the floating offshore wind turbine industry when President Trump suspended the federal offshore lease area program.

Business school teaching case study: How can Ørsted overcome its US challenges?

The world’s largest offshore wind developer seeks to boost its share price as Trump policies cloud the future of clean energy

A Trumpian Chill Has Descended on the Clean Energy Economy

This is the first story in a Heatmap series on how clean energy has fared under Trump.The renewables industry was struggling even before Donald Trump made his return to the White House. High interest rates, snarled supply chains, and inflation had already dealt staggering blows to offshore wind; California turned hostile to the residential solar market; and even as deployment of utility-scale solar accelerated, profits haven’t necessarily follow…