Germany’s RWE drops US offshore wind projects in deal with Trump

An Interior Department spokesman added that offshore wind energy remained heavily dependent on foreign supply chains.“RWE US Offshore has reached a settlement with the US Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the US government and relinquish its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York, California, and Louisiana,” the company said in a statement.” US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum told dpa Americans “deserve an energy system built on common sense, not one dependent on costly subsidies or technologies that can’t meet our country’s current demand.