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[quote=Anonymous][quote] In the latest blow to the US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration announced Monday it is suspending the federal leases for all large offshore wind projects currently under construction, citing unspecified national security risks.

It marks a major escalation in President Donald Trump’s attacks against offshore wind, a form of energy he has long railed against. The suspension could impact billions of dollars of investment and stall nearly six gigawatts of new electricity set to come online in the next few years.

The new sweeping order impacts five projects being built in the Atlantic Ocean, including a massive Virginia offshore wind farm that could eventually be the largest such project in the nation. Set to be completed by the end of 2026, it would supply electricity to Virginia, the state with the world’s largest cluster of power-hungry data centers — and skyrocketing energy costs partially tied to that growing demand. Other wind farms impacted are off the coast of New England.

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Meanwhile, mid-Atlantic states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia have been seeing high electricity bills driven by their own electricity supply shortages. Just last week, the regional grid operator for those states announced prices hit a record high at a regional auction. Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has led a push toward vast offshore wind buildouts in an attempt to satisfy that state’s growing energy needs.[/quote]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-offshore-wind-suspension-virginia

So solar, wind and grid batteries are the cheapest and quickest way to increase the electrical grid.

These are just construction and connections to the grid time for new plants not including permitting, nimby, etc.

1 GW of grid solar with batteries takes 1-1.5 years at $0.04 a kWh. Price is locked in for 20 years
1 GW off shore wind farm takes 2-4 years at $0.06 kWh. Onshore is cheaper and faster. Price is locked in for 20 years.
1 GW Natural gas turbines 2-4 years to build with a 7-9 year wait on gas turbines at $0.09 a kWh with current gas prices. Price depends of natural gas price and pipeline cost.
1 GW coal power plant construction time is 3-4 year @ 0.08-0.09 per kWh. Depending on coal price and transport cost.
1 GW nuclear plant 7-12 years @ $0.10-0.12 per kWh. It is hard to say the actual price because of government subsidies and involvement.

It is interesting that solar, wind and natural gas plants cost roughly the same. That is with a big tax and tariffs on solar panels. This increases the cost of solar panels by 2-3 times what it cost in other countries. Nuclear is 5-10 billion per plants.

So if there is a “crisis” in our electrical power generation now why are we killing projects that are the cheapest and fastest to bring online? 90% of new US electrical generation in 2024 was wind and solar. This year it was 93%. This year also saw grid batteries price drop by 45% making continuous power from solar less costly than any fossil fuel source. Wind and solar met the growth requirements of the US grid and could continue to meet it for the next 10 years with little problems.

The US generates 43% of its electricity from natural gas. The states with high natural gas generation also have the higher electricity bill. If the price of natural gas increases by $1 electricity bills will increase by 25-30%

Trump and his family are heavily invested in nuclear power. Are they also involved in natural gas? It is looking like this is an intentional act on the US grid to spike prices.[/quote]

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