Carbon emissions: a new challenge for US LNG
The Trump administration had an unambiguous view of US LNG exports: it aimed to maximise them, for reasons of both economics and foreign policy. “It is important for DOE to do everything to assure a long-term future for US LNG exports”, Steven Winberg, then assistant secretary of fossil energy, said last December.
For President Joe Biden, however, the outlook for US LNG is complicated by the question of climate policy. How the administration resolves those complications will have a significant impact on the outlook for US LNG export projects over the next four years, and perhaps beyond.
Reversing a Trump administration decision that canceled the process late last year, the Biden administration said Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm.
The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first key offshore wind farm in the United States, reversing a Trump administration decision that cancelled the process late last year.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said in a statement it would resume an environmental review of the Vineyard Wind project as part of the administration’s broad plan to speed up renewable energy development on federal lands and waters.
“BOEM is committed to conducting a robust and timely review of the proposed project,” Director Amanda Lefton said in the statement.
In December, Vineyard Wind requested a pause in the federal permitting process while it determined whether changes to its design were necessary because of a switch in turbine manufacturers, prompting BOEM to terminate its entire review.
Mads Nipper - Ørsted CEO / Credit: Ørsted
Energy group Ørsted expects previously delayed U.S. wind farm projects to receive swifter approval under President Joe Biden s administration, the new chief executive of the Danish energy group said on Wednesday.
Mads Nipper, who took the helm of the company in January, made the comments as the company published full-year results in line with preliminary figures.
Ørsted, the world s largest offshore wind farm developer, hopes to drive development in the emerging U.S. wind market but has faced significant permitting delays on projects on the country s east coast.
The Biden administration, however,