Offshore wind project targeted by Trump administration starts sending power to the New England grid

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• blueworld@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Friday night that Trump “reversed course on Joe Biden’s costly green energy agenda that gave preferential treatment to intermittent, unreliable energy sources and instead is aggressively unleashing reliable and affordable energy sources to lower energy bills, improve our grid stability and protect our national security.” Rogers added in a statement to AP that the administration “looks forward to ultimate victory on this issue.”

  Orsted said that at a time of growing energy demand, Revolution Wind will provide price certainty and stability, citing a preliminary analysis by the state of Connecticut that estimates it will lower wholesale energy costs by about $500 million per year by 2028.

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  Orsted began construction in 2024 about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of the Rhode Island coast. The wind farm has 65 of the 11-megawatt Siemens Gamesa turbines, and more than 1,000 people have been working on it.

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• pedantichedgehog@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Price certainty”, huh? Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic allowed companies to raise prices on everything. They have not fallen. I fully expect energy companies (and other companies that use oil - so nearly everyone) to hike up prices, citing shortages caused by Trump’s war and not lower them. “Green” companies will also raise prices - after all, if they do so and remain the cheaper option, this increases shareholder value.

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