World’s Largest Offshore Wind Firm Facing Bureaucratic, Financial Headwinds in America

The company’s chief executive tells analysts that it may be forced to abandon its eight nascent projects off the shores of New England, a potential blow to President Biden’s ambitious and costly green energy agenda.

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Proposed offshore wind farms in New England, such as these in Scotland, are creating headaches for commercial fishermen. Woldcam/Equinor via AP

Green energy enthusiasts’ dreams of hundreds of giant windmills off the coasts of the United States took another hit Wednesday when the world’s largest producer of the required turbines reported steep losses and warned of “severe” setbacks in its American operations.

The Danish firm, Orsted, which also operates wind farms in Britain’s North Sea, said it may be forced to take a $2.3 billion hit on its U.S. portfolio because of snarls in the supply chain, rising interest rates, and slowing taxpayer subsidies from the Biden administration.

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