US Pays TotalEnergies Almost $1B to Scrap Offshore Wind Leases
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Amid a fuel crisis driven by the Iran war, the Trump administration will reimburse TotalEnergies about $928 million to cancel two offshore wind leases off New York and North Carolina, effectively killing plans for wind farms and moving nearly $1 billion toward LNG and oil/gas projects; critics call it a taxpayer-funded blow to homegrown clean energy, while supporters say it cuts stranded costs.
- US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan The Guardian
- Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms The New York Times
- Trump administration, energy developer announce end of U.S. offshore wind projects Politico
- Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms CNN
- Trump admin dumps Biden-era wind projects for billion-dollar investment in US oil Fox Business
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