The offshore wind project, which is being developed on a close-by coast near Recent York City, will resume in a month.
Reuters reported on Monday that the Trump administration has released an order to stop construction of the Empire Wind offshore wind farm. That is the choice of a month because the project was ordered due to the lack of environmental evaluation of the project.
The Empire Wind Project is a offshore wind power complex developed within the waters of Recent York and is a big renewable energy plant with a complete project cost of $ 5 billion (roughly 6.9 trillion won). It’s being installed with the goal of operation in 2027 and is currently accomplished about 30%.
Nonetheless, in April, President Trump ordered the suspension of the event of the US offshore wind power by ordering the suspension of labor based on the National Maritime Affairs Report.
The US currently operates 4 offshore wind farms and plans to put in 4 additional power plants by 2027.
When the project was temporarily suspended, the developer Equinnor said that it spent $ 5 million every week to keep up the location, and the cumulative investment amounted to about $ 2.7 billion.
Anders Oquin Nor said, “It was an unusual situation that the approved project was suspended, nevertheless it was a really positive signal that the situation modified by explaining the facts.”
Meanwhile, the choice was made with a compromise with Recent York, and included a condition during which the discussion of restoring the pipeline pipeline in Pennsylvania, which was canceled in 2020.
Dougburp, the US Interior Secretary, said, “We’ll give you the chance to enjoy significant economic advantages and electricity bills by expanding our reliable, low cost and clean natural gas access by Recent York and Recent England.”
The Constance Pipeline is a 200km long natural gas business from Pennsylvania to Recent York, which was approved in 2014, but was officially canceled in 2020 as a consequence of environmental regulations and economic performance.
By Lee Jae -seung, reporter Energy@aitimes.com
