Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to pause the Empire Wind project off the coast of Long Island while it reviews the approvals that led to the start of its construction in 2024. Burgum said in a social media post that BOEM is reviewing information that suggests the Biden administration “rushed through its approval without sufficient analysis.” Empire Wind is owned by Norwegian company Equinor. Whether the Trump administration’s decision on Empire Wind is a warning sign for other permitted projects remains unclear. Construction on Ørsted’s largest project in the U.S. to date, the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind, continues in earnest off the coast of Rhode Island. Construction is evident in the pace at which turbine components are moving to and from New London’s State Pier, where the parts are being marshaled and assembled, Connecticut Port Authority Board of Directors Chairman Paul Whitescarver said. Revolution Wind remains the only offshore wind farm that will provide Connecticut with power — 304MW to Connecticut and 400 MW to Rhode Island — and is the second of three planned offshore wind projects that State Pier will host. Parts for New York’s 84-turbine Sunrise Wind are expected to start arriving just weeks after Revolution Wind is completed at the end of this year and keeping State Pier busy potentially through the start of 2027.
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