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Trump admin scraps 5 offshore wind farms— including New York project— citing ‘national security risks’

https://www.empirewind.com/2021/10/18/empire-wind-selects-turbine-supplier%ef%bf%bc/ Empire Offshore Wind, A Joint Venture Between Equinor And Bp, Has Selected Vestas As Its Preferred Supplier For Wind Turbine Generators For Both Empire Wind I And Empire Wind II, One Of The Largest Offshore Wind Projects In The US. The preferred supplier agreement â one of the largest of its kind to be announced in the US, is a key milestone for Empire Wind, an important step towards delivering its goal of providing offshore wind energy at scale to the state of New York. The deal would see Vestas deliver 138 V236-15MW wind turbine generators with a total generating capacity of around 2GW â for the two Empire Wind developments. Each rotation of a 15MW turbine will be capable of powering a New York home for about 1.5 days. âWe are delighted to select our preferred supplier for what will be the largest contract in the Empire Wind project. The turbines have the highest rated capacity available in the market today, which is a great fit for the high ambitions we have in this project. We have chosen the technology which will provide the best value for Empire Wind from the worldâs largest turbine manufacturer. This is state of the art technology moving the boundaries of wind energy production,â says Arne Sigve Nylund, executive vice president for Projects, Drilling & Procurement in Equinor.

The renewable energy projects included the Rhode Island-headquartered Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, and Sunrise Wind, a commercial wind farm in Virginia and New York City’s Empire Wind — several of which had gotten either funding or regulatory boosts from the Biden administration.

Unclassified reports have previously cited radar interference, also known as “clutter,” prompting false alarms due to “the movement of massive turbine blades and the highly reflective towers” of the wind farms,” the Interior Department noted in a press release.

In some cases, radar would also “miss actual targets.”

“The prime duty of the United States government is to protect the American people,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.

“Today’s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of the relevant adversary technologies, and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers,” he added.

“The Trump administration will always prioritize the security of the American people.”

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