In the last decade, changing U.S. Administrations have become increasingly tumultuous, as the swings in priorities and directives have a real, material impact on business. Read on for insights on the current
In the last decade, changing U.S. Administrations have become increasingly tumultuous, as the swings in priorities and directives have a real, material impact on business. Read on for insights on the current and future of U.S. Offshore Wind.
In the weeks preceding his late January inauguration, then President-elect Donald Trump referred to wind turbines (both onshore and offshore) as “garbage in a field” and described electric power produced through offshore wind as “…the most expensive energy ever…”
In the same briefing, Trump said “We’re going to try to have a policy where no windmills are being built.” In those waning days of the Biden administration, reports were emerging that New Jersey congressional Representative Jeff van Drew (Republican in U.S. House, representing a district including parts of the Jersey Shore) was drafting language for an “Executive Order”, subsequently signed by President Trump, halting U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) activity on offshore wind for at least six months, while a detailed study of its impacts would take place. New leasing of tracts on the Outer Continental Shelf (which precedes any development on projects) would be stopped completely.
Political appointments drive the leadership of Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM, part
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