This Holland & Knight alert provides a summary of President Donald Trump's Wind Energy EO, an overview of the offshore wind leasing process and considerations for current lessees regarding potential outcomes and legal...more
Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order temporarily halts all offshore wind energy leasing within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS). It aims to address concerns related to marine life, ocean currents, wind...more
The memorandum directs a full review of wind leasing and permitting practices, and, effective January 21, 2025, pauses all “consideration of any area in the OCS for any new or renewed wind energy leasing” as well as...more