Trump orders raise uncertainties about LI wind, solar projects
A barge for cable-pulling operations for the Sunrise Wind farm sits just off shore at Smith Point Park on Wednesday. Credit: Newsday/Mark Harrington
The coming months could be make-or-break for green energy on Long Island.
With work on two large offshore wind farms linked to the Island intensifying this spring, the Trump administration’s scrutiny of wind power continued with the unexpected revoking of a crucial permit for a fully green-lighted project in southern New Jersey last week.
Meanwhile, as the Propel New York project prepares to start work on the 90-mile cable project chiefly on Long Island next year, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers told Newsday his agency is scrutinizing the $3 billion-plus plan in light of two Trump administration executive orders, including one critical of wind energy.
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Mark Harrington, a Newsday reporter since 1999, covers energy, wineries, Indian affairs and fisheries.
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