Ros Davidson

1 week ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

The SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts could be delayed by two years, and the company is incurring $70 million in annual costs, according to court documents filed by developer Ocean Winds. SouthCoast is mentioned in a lawsuit by states against the Trump administration arguing that his “wind pause” in January was illegal. The project had been successful in solicitations by Massachusetts (securing offtake for 1,087MW) and Rhode Island (200MW) in September 2024.

1 week ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

President Donald Trump recently said that no ’windmill’ projects will be approved except in an emergency.,“We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed,” he said during a session on California’s plan to phase out sales of petrol-powered cars last week (12 June). Trump claimed that windmills start to rust after four and a half years and that owners do not bother to paint them because it is too expensive.

2 weeks ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

Bermuda is seeking developers to build a 60MW offshore wind project that could be expanded to 120MW. It would be the Atlantic Ocean island’s first offshore wind farm.

2 weeks ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

Republican support for more US wind power is decreasing, according to new polling figures. President Donald Trump, a climate change-denier Republican who resumed the presidency in January, has made attacks on wind power a cornerstone of his energy policy, while encouraging more fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. It seems that his party is increasingly behind him.

3 weeks ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

Drive to back up wind with gas fails in TexasThree bills that targeted wind and solar have died in the Texas state government. The bills would have had to be debated in the state House of Representatives by 2 June, the end of the legislative session, but did not attract enough votes. They had passed the Senate. The bills would have devastated the wind sector, with ‘firming’ requirements of natural gas backup – even in some cases for renewables projects already operating.