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The Trump administration suspended leases for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the US East Coast over what it called national security concerns, sending shares of offshore wind companies plunging

The Trump administration suspended leases for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the US East Coast over what it called national security concerns, sending shares of offshore wind companies plunging

Reuters

43,423 views • 6 months ago

Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning off the coast of Rhode Island Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry.

Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning off the coast of Rhode Island Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry.

The Associated Press

154,379 views • 2 months ago

Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the five large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that the issues related to these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"

Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the five large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that the issues related to these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"

Aaron Rupar

1,211,172 views • 6 months ago

“OFFSHORE WIND IS DESTROYING OUR FISHERIES” - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SOUNDS THE ALARM During President Donald J. Trump's seafood industry proclamation signing, LindellTV's Cara Castronuova asked whether the administration plans to continue fighting a court ruling allowing the construction of offshore wind turbines off the Atlantic coast near New York. She noted that fishermen have overwhelmingly supported Trump's efforts to stop the projects, arguing they threaten commercial fishing and national security. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum didn't mince words. “Absolutely, positively, the construction of these wind towers have an effect on fisheries.” Burgum pointed to concerns over declining fisheries, impacts on whales and marine mammals, and warnings from the Pentagon that offshore wind installations create national security vulnerabilities. “It's a huge national security threat, bad for marine mammals, bad for fish.” He also warned that massive offshore wind farms could interfere with radar systems and create vulnerabilities along America's most densely populated coastline. President Trump agreed, adding: “They do affect fishing and it's very bad.”

“OFFSHORE WIND IS DESTROYING OUR FISHERIES” - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SOUNDS THE ALARM During President Donald J. Trump's seafood industry proclamation signing, LindellTV's Cara Castronuova asked whether the administration plans to continue fighting a court ruling allowing the construction of offshore wind turbines off the Atlantic coast near New York. She noted that fishermen have overwhelmingly supported Trump's efforts to stop the projects, arguing they threaten commercial fishing and national security. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum didn't mince words. “Absolutely, positively, the construction of these wind towers have an effect on fisheries.” Burgum pointed to concerns over declining fisheries, impacts on whales and marine mammals, and warnings from the Pentagon that offshore wind installations create national security vulnerabilities. “It's a huge national security threat, bad for marine mammals, bad for fish.” He also warned that massive offshore wind farms could interfere with radar systems and create vulnerabilities along America's most densely populated coastline. President Trump agreed, adding: “They do affect fishing and it's very bad.”

LindellTV

10,645 views • 28 days ago

🚨 BREAKING: Interior Sec. Doug Burgum is now HALTING offshore wind projects over national security concerns These huge wind farms create “radar interference, a genuine risk for the US!” Good! President Trump is cracking down on wind big time 🔥

🚨 BREAKING: Interior Sec. Doug Burgum is now HALTING offshore wind projects over national security concerns These huge wind farms create “radar interference, a genuine risk for the US!” Good! President Trump is cracking down on wind big time 🔥

Eric Daugherty

138,990 views • 6 months ago

Doug Burgum claims the "national security concerns" created by wind turbines are detailed in a "classified report" and pertain to "radar interference," adding that "if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms"

Doug Burgum claims the "national security concerns" created by wind turbines are detailed in a "classified report" and pertain to "radar interference," adding that "if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms"

Aaron Rupar

55,411 views • 6 months ago

Wind turbines are getting bigger, more efficient, and are delivering higher output. That sounds impressive, but it isn't compared to other sources. A single nuclear plant, for example, produces around 1,750 megawatts. To match that, you need roughly 150 large turbines. Wind uses over 100X more land than nuclear for the same output. And turbines, of course, only produce power when the wind is blowing. Nuclear is constant. Then there's the storage requirements. To make wind reliable, you need batteries. At grid scale, that becomes impossible with current technologies. Wind power remains an expensive pipe dream, lining the pockets of a few at the expense of the many.

Wind turbines are getting bigger, more efficient, and are delivering higher output. That sounds impressive, but it isn't compared to other sources. A single nuclear plant, for example, produces around 1,750 megawatts. To match that, you need roughly 150 large turbines. Wind uses over 100X more land than nuclear for the same output. And turbines, of course, only produce power when the wind is blowing. Nuclear is constant. Then there's the storage requirements. To make wind reliable, you need batteries. At grid scale, that becomes impossible with current technologies. Wind power remains an expensive pipe dream, lining the pockets of a few at the expense of the many.

Electroverse

21,589 views • 3 months ago

🚨 JUST IN. Doug Burgum says the Supreme Court of the United States may soon SHUT DOWN offshore wind farms because they interfere with critical radar systems. “That could be a huge threat, particularly off the northeast coast.” National security comes FIRST. You don’t compromise radar and defense systems for a green grift. Wind is a scam. If it endangers security, STRIKE IT DOWN. 🔥

🚨 JUST IN. Doug Burgum says the Supreme Court of the United States may soon SHUT DOWN offshore wind farms because they interfere with critical radar systems. “That could be a huge threat, particularly off the northeast coast.” National security comes FIRST. You don’t compromise radar and defense systems for a green grift. Wind is a scam. If it endangers security, STRIKE IT DOWN. 🔥

ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸

73,762 views • 5 months ago

FOX: I can understand people may not want to look at wind turbines and they may not be cost efficient, but what's the national security concern? BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference

FOX: I can understand people may not want to look at wind turbines and they may not be cost efficient, but what's the national security concern? BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference

Aaron Rupar

314,252 views • 6 months ago

Today, the world's largest offshore converter station set off from Jiangsu province for Yangjiang, Guangdong province. Once installed offshore, it will become the energy hub for the Three Gorges Yangjiang Qingzhou 5 and 7 offshore wind farms. The fifteen-story-high giant does not generate power itself. It collects electricity from offshore wind turbines, converts it, and sends it ashore through about 90 km of submarine cables — like a "super heart" at sea.

Today, the world's largest offshore converter station set off from Jiangsu province for Yangjiang, Guangdong province. Once installed offshore, it will become the energy hub for the Three Gorges Yangjiang Qingzhou 5 and 7 offshore wind farms. The fifteen-story-high giant does not generate power itself. It collects electricity from offshore wind turbines, converts it, and sends it ashore through about 90 km of submarine cables — like a "super heart" at sea.

CTG

359,683 views • 1 month ago

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Tom Nichols argues that the move is a stunt that could wind up embarrassing the Pentagon and costing millions. Read more:

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Tom Nichols argues that the move is a stunt that could wind up embarrassing the Pentagon and costing millions. Read more:

The Atlantic

142,338 views • 10 months ago

The Trump administration is waging a "wholesale assault on U.S. science," an effort that threatens the country’s health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence. That’s according to an open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers. William Brangham speaks to Dr. Steven Woolf, one of the authors of that letter, for more.

The Trump administration is waging a "wholesale assault on U.S. science," an effort that threatens the country’s health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence. That’s according to an open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers. William Brangham speaks to Dr. Steven Woolf, one of the authors of that letter, for more.

PBS News

30,798 views • 1 year ago

The Berwick Bank offshore wind farm off Scotland's east coast has been approved. Conservation groups warn it could become the deadliest wind farm for seabirds ever built. The government's own impact assessments predict large numbers of bird deaths, including puffins, kittywakes, gannets, guillemots and razorbills. Despite the objections, the project was just awarded subsidies that will add £1.8 billion in green levies to UK energy bills. The RSPB called the decision an absolute disgrace, saying public money is being used to fund one of the most damaging wind farms for wildlife on earth. Nature is being sacrificed, in the name of saving it.

The Berwick Bank offshore wind farm off Scotland's east coast has been approved. Conservation groups warn it could become the deadliest wind farm for seabirds ever built. The government's own impact assessments predict large numbers of bird deaths, including puffins, kittywakes, gannets, guillemots and razorbills. Despite the objections, the project was just awarded subsidies that will add £1.8 billion in green levies to UK energy bills. The RSPB called the decision an absolute disgrace, saying public money is being used to fund one of the most damaging wind farms for wildlife on earth. Nature is being sacrificed, in the name of saving it.

Electroverse

26,736 views • 4 months ago

📷 The dirty little secret Maine’s Democrat politicians won’t tell you: Offshore wind was supposed to be the cornerstone of “Maine Won’t Wait” and the entire New England clean-energy fantasy. Then reality hit. • ISO-New England crunched the numbers: to deliver all the promised offshore wind power, you’d have to cover an area of ocean the size of Connecticut… with nothing but wind turbines. • A month later, Scandinavian researchers said “actually make it two Connecticuts” because wake turbulence kills the output of downwind turbines • Result? The wholesale industrialization of our fisheries and coastline for power that costs 3–5× what we pay today • Every major offshore wind developer on the world has bailed, projects are being canceled left and right, and even with massive subsidies the math still doesn’t work Yet Augusta keeps pretending the plan is fine without its #1 power source. If offshore wind is dead (and it is), the entire “net-zero by 2050” house of cards collapses. Time to tell the emperor she has no clothes. #Maine #MainePolitics #OffshoreWind #EnergyReality (Video: Matt Jacobson dropping truth bombs even the media won’t touch) 📷 See the full discussion here:

📷 The dirty little secret Maine’s Democrat politicians won’t tell you: Offshore wind was supposed to be the cornerstone of “Maine Won’t Wait” and the entire New England clean-energy fantasy. Then reality hit. • ISO-New England crunched the numbers: to deliver all the promised offshore wind power, you’d have to cover an area of ocean the size of Connecticut… with nothing but wind turbines. • A month later, Scandinavian researchers said “actually make it two Connecticuts” because wake turbulence kills the output of downwind turbines • Result? The wholesale industrialization of our fisheries and coastline for power that costs 3–5× what we pay today • Every major offshore wind developer on the world has bailed, projects are being canceled left and right, and even with massive subsidies the math still doesn’t work Yet Augusta keeps pretending the plan is fine without its #1 power source. If offshore wind is dead (and it is), the entire “net-zero by 2050” house of cards collapses. Time to tell the emperor she has no clothes. #Maine #MainePolitics #OffshoreWind #EnergyReality (Video: Matt Jacobson dropping truth bombs even the media won’t touch) 📷 See the full discussion here:

Chuck Ellis

24,794 views • 7 months ago

🚨 JUST IN: It's been revealed that the FIVE offshore windmill projects being terminated by President Trump and Sec. Doug Burgum could be replaced with *ONE* natural gas pipeline to produce the same amount of energy. WIND ENERGY SUCKS! Trump is right!

🚨 JUST IN: It's been revealed that the FIVE offshore windmill projects being terminated by President Trump and Sec. Doug Burgum could be replaced with ONE natural gas pipeline to produce the same amount of energy. WIND ENERGY SUCKS! Trump is right!

Eric Daugherty

660,978 views • 6 months ago

In a single generation, the UK has gone from having two offshore wind turbines to having just under 3,000. The industry now has a total generating capacity of 16.1 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power more than 16 million homes each year, and over 600 million fully decorated Christmas trees 🎄 But where did it all start 25 years ago? 🤔 The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minister for Energy Michael Shanks MP is in Blyth to find out! 🔎 “Twenty-five years after the first offshore wind turbines began to turn, Britain is once again leading the world in clean homegrown power. “Offshore wind is at the heart of our 2030 mission – helping us reduce our dependence on volatile fossil fuel markets, lower bills for good, and support 100,000 jobs by 2030.” Find out more 👇 #Generational

In a single generation, the UK has gone from having two offshore wind turbines to having just under 3,000. The industry now has a total generating capacity of 16.1 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power more than 16 million homes each year, and over 600 million fully decorated Christmas trees 🎄 But where did it all start 25 years ago? 🤔 The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minister for Energy Michael Shanks MP is in Blyth to find out! 🔎 “Twenty-five years after the first offshore wind turbines began to turn, Britain is once again leading the world in clean homegrown power. “Offshore wind is at the heart of our 2030 mission – helping us reduce our dependence on volatile fossil fuel markets, lower bills for good, and support 100,000 jobs by 2030.” Find out more 👇 #Generational

RenewableUK

31,362 views • 7 months ago

OLLINS: But the Pentagon reviewed this wind project in 2023 and they found that there were negligible national security impacts BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones... people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms

OLLINS: But the Pentagon reviewed this wind project in 2023 and they found that there were negligible national security impacts BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones... people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms

Aaron Rupar

436,735 views • 10 months ago

A new Science Advances study shows offshore wind turbines actually warm the sea surface. Spikes near as much as one degree Celsius, which is as large as natural summer variability. Turbines slow the wind, explains the study. This weakens mixing, shuts down upwelling, and in turn traps heat at the surface. The warming appears within days and spreads tens of kilometers from the wind farm. These warm waters then heat the air above, creating extra upward heat flux and a more unstable boundary layer. Stack this onto bird kills, sediment disruption, underwater noise and microplastic shedding, and the picture is clear: Offshore wind isn't solving an environmental problem, it's becoming one.

A new Science Advances study shows offshore wind turbines actually warm the sea surface. Spikes near as much as one degree Celsius, which is as large as natural summer variability. Turbines slow the wind, explains the study. This weakens mixing, shuts down upwelling, and in turn traps heat at the surface. The warming appears within days and spreads tens of kilometers from the wind farm. These warm waters then heat the air above, creating extra upward heat flux and a more unstable boundary layer. Stack this onto bird kills, sediment disruption, underwater noise and microplastic shedding, and the picture is clear: Offshore wind isn't solving an environmental problem, it's becoming one.

Electroverse

92,039 views • 2 months ago

Burgum: "The wind energy only works when the wind is blowing. And at times when we've needed it the most along the east coast during the coldest days and hottest days, we've had 2% of the entire grid being powered by wind. You still need all the rest of the power."

Burgum: "The wind energy only works when the wind is blowing. And at times when we've needed it the most along the east coast during the coldest days and hottest days, we've had 2% of the entire grid being powered by wind. You still need all the rest of the power."

Aaron Rupar

274,383 views • 6 months ago