WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently. . WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently. . In the past year, the Trump Administration has taken a slate of actions that have slowed or halted offshore wind development. First, the Administration issued a Presidential Memorandum on January 20, 2025, that, among other things, initiated a freeze of all offshore wind permitting and leasing and. . The order paused all leasing of federal waters for offshore wind and paused new or renewed approvals for onshore or offshore wind projects on federal land until the outcome of a “comprehensive assessment and review of federal wind leases and permitting practices. Of the 7,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity reported in May in EIA's latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. . In densely populated regions such as western Europe,India,eastern China,and western United States,most grid-boxes contain solar and wind resources apt for interconnection (Supplementary Fig. Nevertheless,these regions exhibit modest power generation potential,typically not exceeding 1. 0. . Battery, solar, and wind projects are getting killed in record numbers. Here's a map of all the cancellations so far this year. This story is part of MIT Technology Review's "America Undone” series, examining how the foundations of US success in science and innovation are currently under threat.
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