Interior Department

Ørsted
BOEM Plans to Vacate New England Wind Project Approval
The Trump administration is moving to close the door on U.S. offshore wind development by remanding approvals for all projects not already under construction.
SouthCoast Wind Energy
Interior Reconsidering Approval of Two OSW Projects
In an Aug. 29 filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., the Department of the Interior said it intends to reconsider its approval of the construction and operations plan for SouthCoast Wind off the New England coast.
Revolution Wind
ISO-NE Warns Halting Revolution Wind Boosts Reliability Risk
ISO-NE warned any significant delay of the Revolution Wind project will increase risk to the reliability of the New England grid and undermine the region’s economy.
Siemens Gamesa
BOEM Slaps Stop-work Order on Revolution Wind
The Trump administration has slapped Ørsted with a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, a 704-MW project off the New England coast that is 80% complete.
NYSERDA
Ørsted to Raise $9.3B, Self-finance Sunrise Wind
Ørsted is moving to raise as much as $9.33 billion on its own to finish building the Sunrise Wind project off the New York coast.
Dominion Energy
Dept. of Interior Launches Overhaul of OSW Regs
The Department of the Interior has launched an overhaul of all regulations pertaining to wind generation in U.S. waters.
BLM
Interior Reverses Approval of Lava Ridge Wind Project
The Department of the Interior is moving to cancel the Lava Ridge Wind Project, a gigawatt-scale wind farm proposed on thousands of acres of federal land in Idaho.
Revolution Wind
Feds Pile on More Barriers to Wind and Solar
The Trump administration has taken further steps to thwart renewable energy development, adding new directives limiting wind and solar development on federal land and at sea.
Shutterstock
Trump Administration Takes Another Swing at Wind Power
The Department of the Interior on July 29 announced a four-pronged review that continues the president’s efforts to limit some types of renewable energy.
APS
Large-scale Solar and Wind Hit with One-two Punch
Large-scale solar and wind projects are facing growing local resistance along with federal policy changes.

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