A massive wind energy project against the New York coast that blows conforms to the executive order of President Trump to block or stop all the lease of wind energy in the federal river paths, which the opponents claim that they will destroy the aquatic life and the commercial fishing industry.
Equinor, con sede en Noruega, que ya tenía todo el enfoque de arrendamiento y permisos necesarios de los federales antes de que entrara la orden ejecutiva del 20 de enero de Trump, confirmó que ha comenzado la construcción en la base de la base de la base para la base de la base de la base de la base para la base de la base para la base de la base para la base de la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base de la base para la base de la base de la base para la base de la base de la base de la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base para la base de la base para la base de la base de la base de la base de la base para la base de la base de la base para la base de la base de la base de la base para la base de la base de la base de la base para The base for the base of the base of the base for the base of the base for the base of the base of the additional additional base foundations. or the basis for the foundation.
Equinor will deliver the energy connecting to the electric grid of with Edison through a cable link from the ocean bottom to the substation at the marine terminal South Brooklyn in Sunset Park.
The “Empire Wind 1” project, which will feed 500,000 homes, has the strong support of both Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, partly to help meet the objectives of the ambitious law of state change that requires 100% zero broadcast in 2040 and the phase by.
The president has made it clear that he is not a fan of wind energy, saying: “We are not going to make the wind. Great and ugly windmills, ruin his neighborhood.”
“They destroy everything, they are horrible, the most exensive energy that exists,” Trump said.
“They ruin the environment, they kill birds, they kill whales.”
The fishing industry also states that wind farms on the high seas are dangerous hot air.
“The entire economy of the fishing industry could be lost,” said Bonnie Brady, executive director of the Long Island commercial fishing association.
“An exhaustive review of the Trump administration is needed so that the fishing is large again.”
Commercial fisheries collect and wobble in scallops, squid and chance in the area where wind turns are erected.
“We cannot coexist with wind energy on the high seas. It would be like steamed to a death trap,” Brady said.
Winding parks on the high seas can interfere with the navigation radar used by smaller ships and boats to avoid collisions, raising challenges for safe maritime navigation, a 2022 report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found.
Trump’s executive order prohibits or restricts the new wind farms on the high seas on federal river roads, but did not explicitly stop the projects had already been approved with federal leases and permits, as is the case of the Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project.
“This withdrawal temporarily avoids consideration … for any new or renewed wind energy lease for the effects of the generation of electricity or any other use that derives from the use of the wind,” says the order.
But the edict adds: “Nothing in this withdrawal affects the rights under the leases in the withdrawal areas.”
Trump also requested an “IMEDADED REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL WIND LEASE AND PERMITS Practices.”
The Department of the Interior of the United States, Ocean Energy, confirmed that the Wind Empire Project was approved under the cable, after receiving all the necessary approvals one year before Trump’s executive order entered into force.
“Boem approved the construction plan and operations for the Empire Wind project on February 21, 2024, approximately one year before the presidential memorandum,” said the Federal Regulatory Agency.
“Boem is implementing the memorandum of President Trump of January 20, 2025, temporarily removing the external continental platform from the lease of wind on the high seas. The memorandum also stops new or renewed approvals, rights of passage, permits, leases or loans for emotional projects on the high seas that waiting for a federal wind lease and practices of permissions of permits.”
Brady, the defender of the fishing group, said that wind turbines could be seen from the coastline, which Equinor did not dispute.
A firm representative said that the visibility of the turbine will depend on the weather, the activity in the commercial shipping lanes between the lease and the coast and other variables.
Jacob Riis Park in the recreational area of Gateway, for example, is about 21 miles from the turbine project.
Equinor spokesman confirmed that construction was underway to build the bases for the Empire Wind 1 project
“Empire Wind 1 is already in development and will provide a critical source of energy to meet the growing demand for electricity. Equinor has assured all the necessary federal permits and will continue to fulfill those permits,” said the representative.
“The marine operations for Empire Wind 1 resumed this spring, and the placement of rocks takes place this month. The construction continues in the Marine Terminal of South Brooklyn, where more than 1,500 workers are revitalizing the neglected port.”
Equinor did not discuss the destination of “Empire Wind 2”, the second phase, or its wind farm on the high seas, suggestion that will be filed because either Trump’s executive order.
