Not finished with its increased crusade against wind energy projects outside the American coast, the Trump administration has added new goals in recent days: wind projects on the southern and new England at about 25-30 miles south of the Martha vineyard and Nantucket Island on the Massachusetts coast that had to produce 5 GW.
The U.S. Interior Department intends to “review” the approvals of the project issued at the end of the Biden administration, said that the US Department of Justice by intervening in an existing group in Washington, DC, in the case of the Federal District Court on September 3 against the expected of 2.6 GW of New England Winds for a group that claims their right to whales and on August 29, Nantucket continued to the south of the coast of 24 to the south of the coast of 29 years. The approval of the wind project violated federal environmental laws.
Avangrid The New England projects planned for New England, while South Coast Wind Developer is Ocean Winds North America LLC, a joint renewable company and ENGIE EDP.
On behalf of the Interior Department, DOJ seeks to stop the challenges to obtain the approval of the courts for a review of subsequent projects permits that may include revocation. “Continuing litigating [cases] Before any decision is made on the remedy proposal and maintained, it could waste time and considerable resources, “said DOJ, who wants to review the case of the South Coast project Wind to begin on September 18, and the revision of New England wind projects on October 10.
The latest administration actions against the wind from the coast follow an accelerator of federal permits, financing, fiscal credit and other restrictions in the sector, including the loss of millions of dollars in planned funds to increase the updating of the port in Salem, Mass., To attend to projects.
Construction was expected to begin next year on the southern coast project, but energy sales agreements with Massachusetts and Rhode Island have been delayed due to previous market conditions, including more federal restrictions, according to state officials.
“Nantucket supports renewable energy … But permission for South Coast Wind did not take into account the significant damage that the project will cause Nantucket, a federally designated national historic milestone,” said city demand.
Avangrid rejected the comments, as the wind of the South Coast wind owner did, but in a statement of presentation of the court case of September 1, the latter said that “this delay and the next remedy request are simply pretext for the desire that the President eliminates all wind projects outside the coast of existence, regardless of his impacts.” The developer stated that “it has spent more than seven years and more than $ 600 million” to develop the project and seek the necessary approvals.
“ President Trump said he was a job creator: he has become the largest employment destroyer in any president who has seen this country. It is clear that “ America Great Again ” does not include construction workers, ” said Rodrigo Badaro, president of North Shore Building Council, in a statement.
