Government halts nearly complete $4b wind project

Photo: Wind Farms And Fells – A wind farm as seen across the Solway. Looking from Scotland to England. Photo credit: David Brierley [Smabs Sputzer] via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Holly Van Leuven. Morning Brew – August 25, 2025.

On Friday, the Department of the Interior ordered renewable energy company Ørsted to stop construction on Revolution Wind, its project off the coast of Rhode Island—which is 80% complete. The offshore wind farm got the green light to build in November 2023 from the Biden administration following nine years of review, and is the latest casualty from the Trump administration’s war on renewables. […]

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