Trump war against winds extends to electrical transport projects

Inventiony belt developer Granting construction contracts in May. State permits are approved, and 95 % of land acquisition is completed. The 15-year-old project-if it completed-will transfer clean energy more than any other line in the country, from the “wind belt” in the United States to the acquired Middle West.

This summer, the Republican Party’s opposition rapidly escalated at the state level and then in the country.

In late July, the Trump administration extracted a $ 4.9 billion federal loans, which were granted last year, giving the fate of the project in doubt.

Why? The official reasons included alleged alleged approval under the Biden Administration and landowners who were concerned about the forced “prominent” field purchases.

But the wind power has long got the personal and internal portrait of President Trump, and now the wider and internal energy sections. Trump was bitterly and repeatedly complained of “air mills”: “It is the worst energy and the most expensive forms of energy.” He said in July. “The air mills should not be allowed.”

Political opponents described the grain belt as a “huge green energy fraud.” The historical translated battles on the electrical lines were pivotal from the fears of the landowner and Nimbyism (not in the backyard) to the White House.

Since the Trump administration expanded its regulatory attacks on renewable energy, the infrastructure of the electricity transmission – especially those that allow wind turbines – moved to the intersection as well.

“The administration is seeking to undermine all the clean energy and infrastructure it supports,” said Jason Green, CEO of American Clean Power Association. luck. “It is difficult to build power generation lines without adding polarization.

Grumet added: “You cannot give electrons a (political) loyalty test to determine whether or not it belongs to the electrical network in the country.”

The White House refused to comment, and the Energy Ministry said that the loan guarantee was not required for the grain belt and could become the responsibility of the taxpayers.

“The Ministry of Energy will continue to use all the tools at its disposal, including the Loan Programs Office (LPO), to support projects that provide Baseload energy sources, the strengthening of the network, and the low costs of the American people,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Energy.

The focus here is on the energy of “Baseload”, and this means coal, natural and nuclear gas and – in general –no Wind or solar energy, which is raised in nature when it is not associated with storing the battery.

With the escalation of political attacks, INVERIGY argued that the grain belt will carry the energy resulting from coal, gas and nuclear plants.

Investry insists that the grain belt is still moving forward: “America is an energy dominant and the power of AI, and the Express belt will be the largest pipeline in America. While we are disappointed about the LPO loan guarantee, the special cost -cost grain belt will advance in President Trump’s agendas from America. Jobs.”

Wind blows

The grain belt is crossed through Missouri and Ilinoi on its way to Indiana. Investry says that the grain belt will link four American networks, and provides the reliability of energy and the network to 29 states and Washington, DC, which represents more than 40 % of all Americans.

The death guarantee of the loan began in Missouri’s state with Republican Senator Josh Holie and the public prosecutor of the Republic, Andrew Billy, who targeted the project as a “reckless green fraud.”

Initially they sought to complete government approvals, then Holly pushed forward through meetings with Energy Minister Chris Wright, according to what was stated with Trump, ensuring the cancellation of the loan guarantee.

Hawly did not respond to a request for comment.

In a statement on July 2, INVERIGY argued, “If the projects cannot rely on certainty, even after approval and review at the appeal, America cannot rely on obtaining steel on the ground. America will lose its will to build.”

Before the loan guarantee was canceled, Investy wrote to Minister Wright with another call about the “terrible, motivated” attacks as part of an “unjustified and uncommon crucifixion”.

It was a call to no avail.

Understanding affects

Amid the opposition, the construction contractor in Inventergy, Quanta servicesShe chose not to put the grain belt in the accumulation of the official project at the present time, noting uncertainty.

“It is a great project,” said Earl “Duke”, CEO of Quanta. “We will work together to try to get it through the finish line, and we really love the project. I think at some point it will be built.”

Studies have shown that the so -called wind belt in the center of the United States, including Kansas, has approximately 1,000 gigawatts of wind power capacity. But it is not currently possible to capture a lot of wind energy due to the lack of infrastructure. Kansas, for example, has about 10 GB of wind energy in place due to the lack of transportation lines to carry electricity to the populated areas where the demand is located.

The question now is whether the administration will choose to target other electricity transmission projects. Industry analysts said that Trump has already taken federal external water away from wind developers, and transport projects that link wind turbines abroad are canceled.

However, other large transit projects have not been interrogated so far.

Analysts said that the largest project under construction is the 500 -mile Sunzia transport project in Arizona and New Mexico, but it is scheduled to be completed next year and this is unlikely to be stopped recently.

Brett Castily, the energy and benefit analyst at Morningstar. He said that more projects such as Sunzia and a grain belt are needed.

“There is a great need to meet the increasing demand for electricity when you think about things like artificial intelligence,” Castily said. “The challenge is that it usually takes some time to allow it. Building a new and long -range electric transmission across the states is a very long and exhausting process.”

Grumet of the Energy Association said he simply wanted from the Trump administration to support the growth of the private sector. He said: “The only way that we will build a large infrastructure and modernize the country is if we return to this idea that the government should support the private sector and build any infrastructure the country needs.”