Wind

Offshore wind

Trump’s year of offshore wind carnage

2025 was a decisive, destructive year for the U.S. offshore wind sector. Will the slowdown prove to be a four-year blip or the start of a longer-term malaise?

By Dan McCarthy . 30 December 2025
Offshore wind

‘Bonkers': DOI letter halts all five in-progress offshore wind farms

Construction will be paused for 90 days as Trump's "Department of War" and Interior Department coordinate to evaluate supposed "national security" risks.

By Clare Fieseler . 22 December 2025
Offshore wind

FirstEnergy bribery scheme sank Lake Erie offshore wind, lawsuit says

The corruption that led to Ohio’s infamous HB 6 also torpedoed what would have been the Great Lakes’ first wind farm, the suit alleges. FirstEnergy is pushing back.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 11 December 2025
Offshore wind

The man behind the fall of offshore wind

David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?

By Clare Fieseler . 11 December 2025
Offshore wind

Judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking wind farm approvals

A coalition of 18 attorneys general prevails in its lawsuit, saying Trump's freeze will raise their states' energy costs and jeopardize climate goals.

By Clare Fieseler . 9 December 2025
Clean energy

Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand

Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.

By Dan McCarthy . 28 November 2025
Offshore wind

Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, study says.

A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extreme weather.

By Clare Fieseler . 24 November 2025
Clean energy

This Ohio county banned wind and solar. Now, residents are pushing back.

Richland County forbade large-scale renewable energy in most townships. Next May, voters will have a chance to reject the rules in a first-of-its-kind referendum.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 18 November 2025
Offshore wind

In a boost for offshore wind, New Jersey elects Mikie Sherrill

The pro-renewables Democrat won the gubernatorial race against a rival who vowed to ban turbine construction off the state’s coast.

By Clare Fieseler . 5 November 2025
Offshore wind

Do offshore wind farms kill bats? Trump cut research into the question.

Scientists were making remarkable discoveries about bat activity in the ocean waters where California plans to build turbines. Now their $1.6M grant is gone.

By Clare Fieseler . 31 October 2025