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"The United States’ Secretary of the Interior has declared the risk of a “swarm
drone attack” as part of the reason for the Trump administration’s decision to
halt construction on the 704-megawatt (MW) Revolution Wind offshore wind farm,
which had already reached 80 per cent completion.
The Trump administration, citing supposed but unnamed “national security
interests”, halted construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in
late August.
Revolution Wind, which was fully permitted, having secured all necessary
federal and state permits back in 2023, began construction in May 2024. Since
then, according to the project’s developer, Danish government controlled
Ørsted, all foundations and 45 of the 65 wind turbines had been completed at
the time of the halt order.
In a letter sent to Ørsted by Matthew Giacona, the acting director of the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and a former fossil fuel lobbyist, the
company was told to “halt all ongoing activities related to the Revolution Wind
Project on the outer continental shelf”.
According to Giacona, the reason for the construction halt was “to allow time
for [the BOEM] to address concerns that have arisen” during the review of all
offshore wind projects that Donald Trump ordered earlier this year. Among those
supposed concerns were “the protection of national security interests.”
At the time, no hint was given as to what those possible national security
interests could possibly be, nor why the Trump administration’s department of
defence differed from the previous administration’s approval for the project,
which included a Pentagon review in 2023.
Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last week, however, US Interior Secretary
Doug Burgum went some way to clarifying what those national security interests
were – though, in turn, he only raised more questions than actual answers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
