In rapid-fire fashion, the Trump administration moved to slow or outright stop offshore wind in New England. It filed court orders to revoke permits for three projects that, when fully built, would have provided enough energy to power 1.7 million homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It also canceled $679 million in federal funds for port infrastructure related to the wind farms, and issued a stop-work order for Revolution Wind in Rhode Island, which was under construction and around 80 percent done.
“The attacks from the Trump administration have been relentless, and they seem to be gaining speed in recent weeks and days,” said Kat Burnham, a senior principal at Advanced Energy United, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group representing clean energy, transmission, technology and transportation companies.
Now, rather than an industry on the verge of a boom, offshore wind on the East Coast is in real trouble. The setbacks would…
