A federal judge in Massachusetts this week vacated President Donald Trump’s executive order that halted all permitting for offshore wind energy projects, a major victory for the industry off the Vineyard’s coast that has been under fire during his second term.
Ten months after the Trump administration halted all offshore wind energy permitting, Massachusetts officials are calling out the federal government for having no end date in sight and none of the promised environmental reviews.
SouthCoast Wind, which plans to build 141 turbines off the coast of the Vineyard, is pushing back against what it calls a “bad faith” campaign from the federal government to shut down renewable energy projects.
In recent court filings, members of the Trump administration say they intend to rollback the approval of construction plans for SouthCoast Wind, a wind farm that was greenlit in the waning days of the Biden administration, as well as New England Wind.
The town and county of Nantucket have filed a legal challenge over the approval process for SouthCoast Wind, a 141-turbine offshore wind energy project planned for the waters south of the island.
The Biden administration approved plans to build a 141-turbine wind farm south of the Vineyard last week as another project off the Island’s coast appeared to be stalling out.