Trump's offshore oil ban in SC also covers wind farms, feds say

By Chloe Johnson · Post and Courier

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President Trump's offshore drilling moratorium covering South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina also unexpectedly blocks wind farm development, according to the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management. Chris Carnevale of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy expressed surprise at the inclusion of wind energy in the ban. The moratorium halts potential offshore wind projects in the region, including a 2,600 megawatt Dominion Energy farm off Virginia and a 2,500 megawatt project off North Carolina's Outer Banks.

I think almost no one was expecting that it would affect offshore wind
Chris Carnevale

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