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European business exposed as Trump takes objective at US offshore wind

U.S. President Donald Trump in his very first day of workplace on Monday suspended brand-new federal offshore wind leasing pending an ecological and economic evaluation, saying wind mills are unsightly, expensive and damage wildlife.

Former President Joe Biden supported the overseas wind market, setting a target for 30 gigawatts (GW) of jobs by 2030, up from 42 megawatts at the end of 2023, triggering many European project developers to acquire leases and strategy wind farms in the United States.

Trump's executive order is not anticipated to stop existing U.S. offshore wind tasks from being advanced.

Below are a few of the European companies involved in the U.S. offshore wind sector:

BP - The British oil significant has a lease off the coast of Massachusetts to develop the Beacon Wind job that would enter into its recently announced overseas wind JV with Japan's. Jera.

EDF - Through subsidiaries France's state-owned EDF and oil. significant Shell, it has a 50-50 joint endeavor, Atlantic. Shores, which has approval to build two jobs off the coast. of New Jersey.

EDPR - Portugal's EDPR has a 50-50 offshore wind. JV with Engie called Ocean Winds, which is developing the. Southcoast Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, due to. start building and construction in late 2025.

Engie-- The French company's Ocean Winds JV with. EDPR is likewise establishing the Bluepoint Wind job off the coast. of New York City and New Jersey, and Golden State Wind off. California's main coast.

Equinor-- Norway's Equinor is developing the. Empire Wind project that is anticipated to become operational in. 2027 and power around 500,000 New York homes. It could be. followed by a second Empire Wind project. Equinor has likewise won. leases to develop jobs off the coast of Delaware and a lease. off the coast of California.

Iberdrola-- The Spanish business's U.S. subsidiary. Avangrid has a 50-50 JV with Copenhagen Facilities Partners. to construct Vineyard Wind 1 off the coast of Massachusetts. It. is likewise establishing Cat Hawk Wind, off the coasts of Virginia. and North Carolina, and New England Wind 1 and 2 off the coast. of Massachusetts.

Orsted-- Denmark's Orsted owns Block Island, the. initially functional offshore wind farm in the U.S., off Rhode. Island. It is also establishing several more projects off the East. coast including Sunrise Wind. Orsted on Monday said the commissioning of Daybreak Wind had been. postponed to 2027 and made public a 12.1 billion Danish crowns. ($ 1.68 billion) disability connecting to greater costs and hold-ups.

RWE-- Germany's RWE and Britain's National Grid. have partnered to establish offshore wind projects in the. Northeast U.S. with a lease off the coast of New York and New. Jersey. RWE also has a lease to establish a drifting wind farm off. the coast of California.

Shell-- The oil major has a JV with France's EDF to build. 2 jobs off the coast of New Jersey, called Atlantic. Shores.

TotalEnergies - France's TotalEnergies holds 2. maritime leases in the New York Bight and North Carolina's Long. Bay. The Long Bay job will be over 1 Gigawatt (enough to. power 300,000 homes), with start-up in 2030. The job offshore. New York City and New Jersey is held through the Attentive Energy JV.

(source: Reuters)