Fourth US Wind Farm Project Blocked By Trump Allowed to Resume Construction
10 114Vineyard Wind (powering Massachusetts) is one of five offshore wind projects "that the Trump administration tried to hold up in December," reports The Hill.
This week it became the fourth of those wind projects allowed by a judge to resume construction, the article notes, while even the fifth project "is still awaiting court proceedings." Federal Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the administration's stop work order against Vineyard Wind... According to its website, when complete, Vineyard Wind would be able generate enough power for 400,000 homes and businesses. The project already has 44 operational wind turbines and was working on an additional 18. The Trump pause applied to the construction work that was not yet complete.
10 comments
Re:Follow the money? But crypto-loot? (Score: 5, Insightful)
by Calydor ( 739835 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @02:46PM (#65962848)
I think you don't quite get how a narcissist thinks. Selling the course would be admitting defeat which is absolutely unthinkable to someone like him. He HAS to win no matter what.
Re:Follow the money? But crypto-loot? (Score: 5, Interesting)
by tragedy ( 27079 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @05:20PM (#65963060)
Trump "decided" to love Big Oil in the same way every other Democrat President has.
So, every other Democrat President has arbitrarily canceled already approved large offshore wind farm projects?
Why stop it now? (Score: 5, Insightful)
by SoonerC ( 6423252 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @12:46PM (#65962638)
If they already have 44 operational and were just finishing the last 18 trying to stop this without a really good cause seems like you are doing so purely for spite.
Re:Why stop it now? (Score: 5, Informative)
by tragedy ( 27079 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @06:00PM (#65963138)
Did they solve the clutter issue?
It's not really much of an issue. Sure, it interferes with direct radar signals, but the footprint isn't that big, You just have to know where they are and work around them. Not to mention that there's ship-based radar, satellites, sonar buoys, ship transponders, etc. All sorts of methods to make up for any lost capability.
I mean if you're going to suck all that energy out of Atlantic waters the radar will get confused and you risk an iceberg being crashed into c.f. that movie with Rose and Leo da Capricorn.
Errm... What? I mean, the first part about the energy being sucked out of the waters... What?! As for the second part, about crashing into an iceberg, you do realize that basically all of these vessels have their own radar systems, usually required by law. Not to mention plenty of them also have sonar and night vision scopes. Not to mention that icebergs are actively tracked and bulletins about their locations, etc. are distributed.
Re:Why stop it now? (Score: 5, Insightful)
by battingly ( 5065477 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @01:06PM (#65962674)
You're only learning now that the primary governing principle for this administration is spite?
Re:Why stop it now? (Score: 5, Insightful)
by tragedy ( 27079 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @06:12PM (#65963172)
It's a load of nonsense. Not about turbines interfering with RADAR because, duh! The nonsense is the alarmism. You yourself point out that there are specialists mitigating the issues.
Consider Greenland. Big in the news right now. One of the reasons for the cold ware military importance of bases in Greenland was early warning RADAR. Greenland is covered in mountains that are a lot higher than any offshore wind turbines. Sure, they built at high altitudes to mitigate the issue, but it only does so much. Yet they manage. The same can be done with obstacles from offshore wind. Navy and coast guard ships have RADAR and SONAR and there are SONAR installations out beyond those turbines. There are also satellites. Also, for the areas in the shadow of the turbines, there is the solution of just mounting radar systems on the towers for the turbines to provide coverage for the area in shadow. This is not rocket surgery.
Plus, do you realize how ridiculous it is to suggest that you can't have infrastructure because it gets in the way of military installations that are there to protect the infrastructure?
Re: Why stop it now? (Score: 5, Insightful)
by dunkelfalke ( 91624 ) on Monday February 02, 2026 @02:54AM (#65963718)
Yes yes, we know you try to spin everything the orange shitgibbon does in a less negative light. Are you getting paid for it or are you just a useful idiot?
Re:Reverse Psychology? (Score: 5, Informative)
by gweihir ( 88907 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:28PM (#65962974)
Tempting, but I don't think so.
Trump has been dumb all his life. Remember how they had to send him to a military-style college to get that degree because he simply could not hack it at a regular one despite all the help money can buy? The guy is a moron. He has always had money though and tons of it. In the US, that gets you admiration and apparently lets you get away with anything, including raping children, no matter how tiny a person you are and no matter how having money was not actually something you accomplished.
Re:Fine, build them... (Score: 5, Informative)
by Geoffrey.landis ( 926948 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @01:02PM (#65962666)
...off Martha's Vineyard, near where the Obamas and major celebrities live.
The project we're discussing is Vineyard Wind [wikipedia.org]. It is an off-shore wind power project located off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
Re:Fine, build them... (Score: 5, Funny)
by snowshovelboy ( 242280 ) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @02:50PM (#65962856)
Fine, build a coal plant next to mar-a-lago?