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Trump offshore wind project halt
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349 DAYS
16 FACTS
10 EVENTS
1 SOURCES
FIRST ENTRY AUG 23
AUG 06 · Day 349
Trump administration buys back offshore wind leases, total nears $4 billion
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Americans deserve an energy system built on common sense, not one dependent on costly subsidies or technologies that can't meet current demand.
Roughly $3.9 billion has been spent on offshore wind lease buybacks.
Chicago-based Invenergy agreed in June to end its four offshore wind leases in exchange for reimbursements of lease fees totaling $765 million.
MAR 24 · Day 214
Trump administration pivots on offshore wind leases
MAR 23 · Day 213
Trump administration to pay $1 billion to stop two East Coast wind farms
JAN 21 · Day 152
Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat without explanation
JAN 13 · Day 144
Offshore wind developer wins U.S. court ruling
DEC 23 · Day 123
Trump administration pauses wind power leases
DEC 22 · Day 122
Trump suspends large offshore wind farm construction; lease suspensions issued for Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind
SEP 19 · Day 28
Trump administration moves to revoke Massachusetts offshore wind permit
SEP 10 · Day 19
Speaker Johnson backs Virginia wind project, breaking with Trump
AUG 23 · Day 1