The Anonymous Widower

US Government Sends Stop Work Order To All Offshore Wind Projects Under Construction

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

This is the sub-heading.

The US Department of Interior has paused the leases and suspended construction at all large-scale offshore wind projects currently under construction in the United States, citing ”national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.”

The wind farms named are.

• Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial – 2,600 GW
• Empire Wind 1 – 810 MW
• Revolution Wind – 704 MW
• Sunrise Wind – 924 MW
• Vineyard Wind 1 – 806 MW

Note.

1. These five wind farms total 5,844 MW or 5.8 GW.
2. The Empire Wind development is being led by Equinor, who are Norwegian.
3. The Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind developments are being led by Ørsted, who are Danish.
4. The Vineyard Wind development is being led by Iberdrola, who are Spanish and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, who are Danish.
5. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project uses 176 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD (Direct Drive) offshore wind turbines.
6. Empire 1 Wind is using Vestas V236-15MW offshore wind turbines.
7. Revolution Wind is using 65 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines.
8. Sunrise Wind is using Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, specifically their 8.0 MW models (SG 8.0-167).
9. Vineyard 1 Wind is using General Electric (GE) Haliade-X 13 MW offshore wind turbines.
10. Some of the components for the Siemens wind turbines will be manufactured in Virginia.
11. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind has a budget of $11.2-3 billion.
12. Empire 1 Wind has a budget of $5 billion.
13. Resolution Wind has a budget of $4 billion.
14. Sunrise Wind has a budget of $5.3 billion.
15. Vineyard 1 Wind has a budget of $4 billion.

There will only be one winner in this new round of the ongoing spat between Trump and the wind industry, that he hates so much – the 1.3 million active lawyers in the United States,which is a figure from according to Google AI.

December 23, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Artificial Intelligence, Energy | Ørsted, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Denmark, Donald Trump, Empire Wind 1, Equinor, GE Haliade, Google AI, Iberdrola, Norway, Offshore Wind Power, Revolution Wind, Siemens Gamesa, Spain, Sunrise Wind, United States, Vineyard Wind 1, Wind Power