Trump just blocked 165 US wind projects – here’s what’s behind it
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/Crossover_Wind_PR3-scaled-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the <em>Financial Times</em> reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/04/trump-just-blocked-165-us-wind-projects-heres-whats-behind-it/#more-465769">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/Crossover_Wind_PR3-scaled-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the <em>Financial Times</em> reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/04/trump-just-blocked-165-us-wind-projects-heres-whats-behind-it/#more-465769">more…</a>