January 23, 2025 — President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt new federal offshore wind leasing will likely not stop the ongoing developments off the coast of Massachusetts, but may prevent any new projects.
The executive order suspends the sale of offshore wind leases and the permitting for such projects from all areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf, pending an environmental and economic review.
But the order does not put a stop to wind farms that have already gone through the federal permitting process.