January 26, 2025

Renewable Power

Goldman Sachs
Trump Says Data Center Power Plants Will be Expedited
President Donald Trump presented the World Economic Forum with his desire to power the U.S. AI revolution: behind-the-meter generation co-located with data centers and built rapidly under his National Energy Emergency executive order.
PNNL
Study Models West Coast OSW Transmission Options
A new report by two national laboratories finds that offshore wind could be generating as much as 33 GW of electricity for the western United States by 2050 and looks at how best to bring that power ashore.
C-SPAN
What is and isn’t in Trump’s National Energy Emergency Order
While Trump's order calls for “a reliable, diversified and affordable supply of energy,” it omits any mention of solar, wind or storage and makes only passing reference to transmission as part of its definition of generation.
Town of Nantucket
Prior to Trump Inauguration, Feds Lift Suspension on Vineyard Wind 1
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved Vineyard Wind 1’s plan to replace additional installed blades in the wake of a major blade failure in the summer, and resume operation.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Critics Slam Trump’s Freeze on New OSW Leases
The order does not affect existing onshore or offshore wind leases, but it sets up potential challenges by directing a comprehensive review.
NYSERDA
Ørsted Takes $1.7B Impairment on US Offshore Wind
Cost increases, delays and diminished value of assets contributed to Ørsted's latest setback — which was announced before President Trump targeted offshore wind in an executive order.
C-SPAN
Trump to Declare ‘National Energy Emergency’ to Ramp up Oil, Gas Production
Minutes after he was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signaled his intention to rapidly increase production of oil and gas.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Burgum Criticizes ‘FERC Queues’ for Too Many Renewables
The 2,600 GW of wind, solar and storage sitting in interconnection queues across the U.S. represent a major imbalance in energy resources that could lead to brownouts or blackouts, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said during his Senate confirmation hearing. 
DTE
LPO Offers Eight Utilities $22.9B in Loan Guarantees
The U.S. Department of Energy has made conditional loan commitments totaling $22.9 billion to utilities for transmission, pipeline and clean power investments. 
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Trump DOE Nominee Wright Seeks to Assuage Senate Democrats
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, positioned himself as a supporter of an all-of-the-above approach to developing generation and transmission before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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