OAN Staff Abril Elfi
3:30 PM – Friday, August 29, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Friday that it will cut around $679 million in funding from 12 wind farms, calling the projects “wasteful.”
The money will be redirected to the American shipbuilding industry to help ensure the country’s maritime dominance, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
“Wasteful wind projects are using resources that could otherwise go towards revitalizing America’s maritime industry,” Duffy said in a statement.
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The department indicated that it now considers 12 offshore wind projects or grants to be “not aligned” with the goals of the Trump administration. It listed five projects being terminated, including the Salem Wind Port Project off the coast of Massachusetts, costing $33.8 million, as the most expensive among them.
An additional seven projects will also lose funding, with the Humboldt Wind Energy area in California being the most costly at $426.7 million.
“Where possible, funding from these projects will be recompeted to address critical port upgrades and other core infrastructure needs of the United States,” the Transportation Department statement reads.
Since returning to the office for a second term, President Donald Trump has focused on the wind power industry, citing national security concerns.
In August, he ordered Danish wind developer Orsted to halt work on its nearly-completed $1.5 billion offshore wind farm, which was intended to supply electricity to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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