Directive targeting offshore wind energy sector with curbs on federal site leasing and permits could itself face legal risk with unclear and conflicting provisions set to trigger lawsuits.

The president’s order has no immediate effect on offshore wind leases already authorized, including two large areas off California’s coast. But it sends a current of uncertainty through the fledgling renewable energy industry,

President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.

Offshore wind once appeared likely to be part of NC’s energy future. Now, a Trump executive order raises questions for the industry.

News circulated last week that Trump had tapped New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a Republican who’s frequently criticized projects proposed off the coast of his state, to draft an executive order on offshore wind. Industry observers said it may include a moratorium on all development.

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Shares in European wind power companies fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump suspended offshore leasing for wind on his first day in office, adding to pain in an industry that had turned to the U.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent shift away from green energy — particularly offshore wind — has some people in Newfoundland and Labrador worried about the implications for their future. The Port of Argentia acts as an infrastructure transition point for wind energy projects in the United States.

Dominion Energy is still moving full speed ahead on the construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, even though President Donald Trump has ordered a