As Washington Free Beacon reported on Wednesday, the Fisherman Association is supporting the Trump administration’s decision to stop a massive offshore wind project built on the New York coast. [emphasis, links added]
The Trump administration also conducted a comprehensive review of current offshore wind permits.
Home Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Administration (BOEM) to stop all construction of the Imperial Wind Project led by foreign energy developer Equinor.
.@Internal,and @howardlutnickinstructing @Bohemian All construction activities on the Imperial Wind project were immediately stopped until further review of the information, indicating that the Biden administration has rushed to pass its approval without sufficient analysis.
– Secretary Doug Burgum (@secretaryburgum) April 16, 2025
The New England Fishermen Management Association (NEFSA) is a nonprofit organization representing the interests of fishermen in New England, which supports this development.
“Our government should never sell American fishermen to foreign green energy companies,” CEO Jerry Leeman wrote in a press statement to the Daily Call News Foundation. “NEFSA expressed appreciation for Secretary Burgum’s stop at the Imperial Style project, with regulators eager to approve objections from working commercial fishermen and their families.”
“We hope and expect the new administration to end the era of special treatment for foreign developers to industrialize American fisheries,” Leeman said.
Equinor is located in Norway. The Empire Wind Project is one of the ultimate lingering offshore wind efforts in the Biden-era era after Trump signed an executive order to ban or limit new offshore wind farms on the first day of his second term.
However, the order does not explicitly suspend projects that have already obtained federal leases and licenses, such as Equinor's Empire Wind 1 project.
“The approval of the project was arrived by the previous government and there was no adequate analysis between relevant agencies or approval related to the potential impact of the project,” he said. Bogum wrote in the memorandum.
He wrote that the Imperial Style project will be held indefinitely to await “resolve these serious flaws.”
The government also advocates “release” domestic energy production and prioritizes “American workers and businesses” According to another day's executive order, when it comes to “arrangements that will lead to federal funds expenditure.”
According to the Boem website, the Empire Wind was green by Biden's Department of Observation (DOI) in November 2023, and 147 wind turbines are expected to be built within the rental area.
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