U.S. Department of the Interior
Revolution Wind
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.
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Every Department of Interior action pertaining to wind and solar energy development must now be reviewed and approved by the Office of the Interior Secretary — after two subordinate offices separately have reviewed them and signed off.
Anfield Energy
Federal regulators are off to a running start on their expedited review of energy projects, greenlighting a uranium mine expansion in just 11 days.
Switch
With days left in his administration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at siting and permitting cutting-edge artificial intelligence data centers on federal land by 2027.
BOEM
The first-ever offshore wind lease auction for the Gulf of Maine resulted in the sale of four offshore lease areas to two developers, bringing in a total of about $21.9 million.
Revolution Wind
A coalition of offshore wind opponents sued to overturn federal approval of the South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind projects.
BOEM
Federal regulators announced a planned auction of wind energy leases off the Delaware and Virginia coasts in 2024.
Equinor
Empire Wind is the sixth commercial-scale offshore wind farm to receive approval from the federal government following BOEM's approval.
BOEM
The Biden administration will auction the first offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Mexico — about 300,000 acres that can produce 3.7 GW — on Aug. 29.
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The U.S. Department of Interior has a plan to empower BLM to cut fees for solar and wind projects on public lands in the West.
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