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Crane hangs over the first jacket installed to support a turbine for a wind farm in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Block Island
A crane hangs over the first jacket support structure installed to support a turbine for a wind farm in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, pending an environmental and economic review.

On the same day, Danish energy company Orsted, the world’s biggest offshore wind firm, posted another impairment charge on delays to a U.S. offshore project.

Those are just the latest blows for the offshore wind industry that former President Joe Biden and several states considered key to meeting federal and state clean energy targets.

“Halting offshore wind represents a huge step backward in our efforts to advance a clean energy future and damages the state’s economic opportunities,” North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, a Democrat, told Reuters in an email.

“Investors have signed leases and invested significant resources. They deserve certainty,” Governor Stein said.

In California, where offshore wind is in early stages of development, Adam Stern, Executive Director of Offshore Wind California, an industry trade group, said most of the work was happening at the state level.

“As an industry, we’re focused and moving forward with what is advancing offshore wind in California, and right now most of that is occurring at the state level.” That includes approved spending of roughly $475 million to upgrade ports and $4.6 billion to upgrade power transmission lines to prepare for future offshore wind projects.

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In 2023 and 2024, several offshore wind companies, including Orsted, took billions in write-offs, impairments and other cancellation fees after they determined they could no longer complete projects profitably due to rocketing construction costs, higher interest rates and supply chain snags.

In New Jersey, which has seen its share of offshore wind project delays, Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, told Reuters in an email that he remains committed to clean energy.

“New Jersey will explore all available options to protect the health of our environment and residents while bolstering energy independence, creating good-paying American jobs, lowering energy bills, and growing New Jersey’s innovation economy,” Governor Murphy said.

There are currently four offshore wind projects operating in the U.S., but one – Vineyard Wind 1 – was shut for part of 2024 after a blade fractured and fell into the ocean in July.

There are also four offshore wind projects under construction and several more in development.

The following factbox lists the projects in service and those under construction and in advanced development that were expected to continue despite Trump’s review:

In Service
State(s)
Company
Start Construction
First Power
Size (MW)
Project
Block Island
RI
Orsted
2016
29
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot
VA
Dominion
2020
12
South Fork
RI, MA
Orsted (50%) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) Skyborn Renewables unit (50%)
Feb 2022
Dec 2023
132
Vineyard Wind 1
MA
Iberdrola/Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Nov 2021
Jan 2024
806
Under Construction
State(s)
Company
Start Construction (Estimated)
First Power (Estimated)
Size (MW) Estimated
Revolution Wind
RI, MA
Orsted (50%) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) Skyborn Renewables unit (50%)
2023
2026
704
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Commercial)
VA
Dominion (50%)/Stonepeak (50%)
Nov 2023
2026
2,587
Empire Wind 1
NY
Equinor
May 2024
***2027
810
Sunrise Wind
RI, MA
Orsted
Jul 2024
2026
924
Under Development
State(s)
Company
Start Construction (Estimated)
First Power (Estimated)
Size (MW) Estimated
New England Wind 1
MA
Iberdrola
2025
2029
791
SouthCoast Wind 1
MA
Ocean Winds (EDP/Engie)
late 2025
2030
1,287
Community Offshore Wind 1
NY, NJ
RWE/National Grid
2027
2030
1,314
MarWin
MD
US Wind owned by Toto Holding’s Renexia
270
Atlantic Shores South 1
NJ
EDF/Shell
1,510
Momentum Wind
MD
US Wind owned by Toto Holding’s Renexia
809
Excelsior Wind
NY, NJ
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Vineyard Offshore
1,314
Leading Light
NY, NJ
Invenergy/energyRE
2,400
Vineyard Wind 2
MA
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Vineyard Offshore
1,200
Community Offshore Wind 2
NY, NJ
RWE/National Grid
1,300
New England Wind 2
MA
Iberdrola
1,080
*** Empire Wind 1 – 2027 is estimated time of commercial power instead of first power


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