CleanTechnica•about 19 hours ago
Canada Blows A Big, Fat Offshore Wind Raspberry At Trump
Key Takeaway
The US offshore wind market faces immediate and severe political headwinds under the new administration, potentially redirecting developer interest and investment to more supportive regions like Canada.
AI Summary
- •The new US presidential administration under Donald Trump is actively hostile to domestic offshore wind, threatening to revoke federal leases critical for project development.
- •This policy shift creates extreme regulatory uncertainty and high risk for offshore wind developers and large power consumers relying on future US offshore wind capacity.
- •Canada is presented as taking a contrasting, potentially more supportive, stance on offshore wind development, which could attract investment and projects deterred from the US market.
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Article Content
US President Donald Trump swept back into office on a mission to stop the domestic offshore wind industry in its tracks. That is actually something any idiot could accomplish with the swipe of a pen. All you need to do is yank the federal leases that offshore developers depend on, ... [continued] The post Canada Blows A Big, Fat Offshore Wind Raspberry At Trump appeared first on CleanTechnica .