Trump delay casts doubt on first major US offshore wind farm

The US' first large-scale offshore wind farm, won by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in Massachusetts' 2018 tender, is now facing a delay due to the Trump administration ordering an extra environmental assessment. Concerned consortium partners and industry proponents call for swift processing.
Photo: Phil Noble / Reuters / Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Phil Noble / Reuters / Ritzau Scanpix
BY Christopher Martin & Jennifer A. Dloughy, Bloomberg News

The Trump administration cast the fate of the nation's first major offshore wind farm into doubt by extending an environmental review for the USD 2.8 billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts.

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