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Trump Calls On UK To ‘Get Rid’ of Offshore Wind Farms In Favour Of Oil & Gas; Gets Invited To Hull

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Donald Trump has urged the UK government to “get rid of windmills” in the North Sea and open it up for oil & gas, which earned the US president-elect an open invitation from Humber Marine and Renewables, a UK regional industry organisation, to visit Hull and witness the effects of offshore wind on the economy first-hand.

This paragraph sums up Trumps views on wind farms, which he incorrectly calls windmills.

According to global media, on 3 January, Donald Trump said via his social media platform Truth Social that the UK was “making a very big mistake” with wind energy and that it should “open up the North Sea”, accompanying the post with a link to news about US oil company Apache saying it would exit the North Sea, citing the windfall tax in the UK. The news on Apache’s UK exit followed the UK government’s announcement on raising the tax from 35 per cent to 38 per cent and using the profit for renewable energy.

But then he wouldn’t realise that a windmill grinds corn and a wind turbine generates electricity.

This paragraph describes the invitation of Trump to Hull.

After the incoming US president’s social media post, director of the UK industry organisation Humber Marine and Renewables, Dave Laister, said in a comment to BBC: “I’d like to invite Donald Trump, or a representative here in the UK, to come to Hull and take in Offshore Wind Connections 2025. He needs to hear what those ‘windmills’ have done for the economy, for our maritime heritage and for the region’s sense of purpose. I’d like him to understand the appetite for working in this clean, green sector from those at our schools and colleges, to sample the hunger to be part of a climate emergency solution.”

I doubt he’ll go to the city.

One problem, he’ll have getting to Hull, is that the city doesn’t have an airport, so he’ll have to go into Humberside, Leeds or Robin Hood.

If you would like to go to Offshore Wind Connections 2025, then this is the web site.

Enjoy the party!

January 6, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Donald Trump, Hull, Offshore Wind Connections 2025, Offshore Wind Power, Oil, Wind Power