"As Humboldt Bay Harbor District's commissioner, Dale had been worried about the offshore wind port ever since President Donald Trump campaigned to stop the rise of renewables, which he denounced as the " scam of the century." Federal funds make up half of the port project's total projected cost, and for now, state grants are enough to keep it going until construction starts."
"The terminal is just one casualty of the Trump administration's war on both offshore and onshore wind. In addition to slashing funding, the federal government has used the federal permitting process to hamper wind projects that are on the verge of coming online. Meanwhile, developers are forced to place projects on indefinite hold or scramble for alternative plans. Experts say that Trump's anti-wind crusade threatens the country's green energy future by driving up costs and threatening power reliability."
"PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ASSAILED wind since his first day in office, when he signed an executive order declaring a moratorium on permits, new leases and lease renewals for all wind projects. In response, Washington, D.C. and 17 states, including six in the West, sued the administration in a case that is still ongoing. The federal government says it is simply ending the unfair advantages that the Biden administration gave to renewable energy development. "Where actions have paused or been rescinded,""
Federal withdrawal of $427 million has imperiled construction of an offshore wind assembly terminal in Humboldt Bay, California, which would assemble 600-foot floating turbines for Pacific installations. The terminal would be a heavy-duty port critical to building wind farms where none currently operate. The Trump administration has paused permits and rescinded funding for both offshore and onshore wind, invoking a moratorium and using federal permitting to delay near-complete projects. States and Washington, D.C. have sued over the moratorium. Developers are placing projects on indefinite hold or seeking alternative plans. Experts warn these actions raise project costs and threaten power reliability.
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