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Offshore Wind Moratorium

Another energy-related executive order signed by Trump on Jan. 20 suspends all “energy leasing in all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS)” related to wind energy nationwide.

The moratorium will remain in effect until “various alleged legal deficiencies underlying” the federal government’s wind leasing regulations for onshore and offshore wind projects are addressed.

“This withdrawal does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation,” the order states. A separate package of executive action calls to expand the number of leases and where leases can be sold.

Trump frequently expresses a dislike for windmills and, despite his first administration backing offshore wind ventures, he appears intent on halting proposals to develop wind power in federal waters beyond the 11 already approved. Those 11 are projected to generate more than 19 gigawatts of energy—enough to power more than 6 million homes.

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Wind turbines stretch across the horizon at the Spearville Wind Farm near Spearville, Kan., Sept. 29, 2024. Trump’s energy order suspends all energy leasing in all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf. Charlie Riedel, File/AP Photo
Included in the package is a provision pulling the Bureau of Land Management’s June Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) approval of the proposed Lava Ridge wind project until DOI conducts “a new, comprehensive analysis of the various interests implicated … and the potential environmental impacts” of the project.
Magic Valley Energy’s proposed 4,500-acre project, with 241 turbines that are 660 feet tall, would generate enough power for 500,000 homes but is vociferously opposed by an overwhelming majority of residents in the surrounding seven counties.

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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