The Norwegian Energy Agency Equinor on Friday said that if the administration of President Donald Trump stopped construction, an offshore air project for New York would be forced to close in a few days.
The Empire Wind Work has been given a break from April 16, while the Home Secretary Dougum Bureau of Ocean Ocean directed the Energy Management to stop construction. Bergum said it needed a further review because it appeared that the biden administration had come out of approval. Equinor passed the seven -year -old process before the Empire began to create the empire last year and the project was almost third.
Trump was hostile with renewable power, especially offshore winds and signed a speed of executive order to increase oil, gas and coal. On his first day in the office, Trump temporarily stopped the sale of offshore air lease in the federal water and signed an executive order with a break in permits, permits and loans for all air projects.
Empire Wind is fully approved and developer has already invested more than $ 2.5 billion in the project so far, in an interview on Friday, Molly Morris, president of Equinor’s renewable American president.
He said that this is an “urgent, unstable situation” because every day of uncertainty is extremely expensive: Equinor spends $ 50 million per week on this project and there are 11 ships in standby. The developer has already worked on a significant amount of coast, where the cable from the wind firm will be connected to the local grid.
“If an element is not progressed in a solution in a few days, the Equinor will be forced to finish the project,” he said. “It can set up a dangerous example by closing a project at the middle price on the contract and financial investment made in the United States.”
The Home Department did not immediately respond to emails asking for comments.
Equiner has more than $ 60 billion investment for investment in the United States, including sufficient oil, gas and renewable projects. The German power company RWE has stopped its offshore winds in the United States, citing the political environment. French Energy Giant Totalenterjee has paused for the development of the offshore air project in New York after Trump wins the re -election.
Equinor is considering the legal options, but instead of being enclosed in court, Morris said that the best way to move forward is a quick political solution. He said the summer construction window started this month for big offshore work and it would return the project for a year, he said.
On Wednesday, Morris and Equinor’s CEO Anders Opened met with Kevin Hasset, director of the National Economic Council. He said it was helpful, but they asked to meet Bergam and had no meeting.
Equinor is creating an Empire window to start electricity supply for more homes in New York in 2026. Equinor Trump finalized the Federal lease for Empire Wind in March 2017. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved the construction and operation plan in February 2021 and the construction began that year.
The New York Court challenges the Wind Energy Executive Order and is leading an alliance of state attorns. They said in the case filed on Monday that Trump’s unilateral permission process did not have the ability to stop the process of the state’s economic vitality, power mixture, public health and critical electricity sources for climate goals.
The White House says that the Democratic Attorney General is trying to close the president’s popular power agenda instead of working with him to restore America’s dominance.
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