Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.

After 19 months, New York has abandoned its most recent attempt to procure offshore wind power, saying it would not be prudent to proceed amid federal policy uncertainty.

The Trump administration has ordered all offshore wind generation construction halted and has stalled some onshore wind projects.

Updates on energy development efforts off the New York coastline did not gloss over President Donald Trump’s war on wind turbines but did not focus on it, either.

President-elect Trump said he would halt offshore wind power development, but how big of an impact he will have on the industry remains to be seen.

Renewable energy industry analysts, representatives and environmental advocates say New York is in a better position than many others to make progress on its renewable energy goals during a second Trump administration.

Stakeholders look at how best to move on from offshore wind contract cancellations.

Wind, storage, solar and hydrogen make advances and face challenges in New York state.

All of South Fork Wind’s turbines are sending electricity to the New York power grid.