{"id":2426225,"date":"2025-04-22T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-department-pulls-funding-for-maines-offshore-wind-projects\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:09:27","slug":"energy-department-pulls-funding-for-maines-offshore-wind-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-department-pulls-funding-for-maines-offshore-wind-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Department pulls funding for Maine\u2019s offshore wind projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenergy-department-pulls-funding-for-maines-offshore-wind-projects%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2426225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the suspension of offshore wind research projects at the University of Maine, ordered by the Trump management. This decision followed the issuance of stop work orders due to alleged violations of &#8220;national policy assurances,&#8221; including Title IX, which the university had not been previously notified about. The situation escalated amidst a political dispute between President Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills over policies regarding transgender athletes in sports,where Trump threatened to withdraw federal funding from Maine for not complying with his directives. This controversy comes on the heels of a recent agreement between Maine and the Biden administration for offshore wind project leasing. The University of maine has about $4.4 million in unspent federal grant funds, and the halted projects could impact related jobs and contracts in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Energy Department targets Maine&rsquo;s offshore wind as governor fights Trump on transgender athletes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2097128\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> sent stop work orders to three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">University of Maine<\/a> federal grant-funded projects researching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wind-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">offshore wind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Energy ordered the University of Maine to end its offshore wind research projects, which were funded through a $12.6 million grant awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency&ndash;Energy, an agency in the Energy Department charged with funding research and development of advanced energy technologies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3387598\/dc-maryland-virginia-major-energy-bill-increase\/\">DC one of many cities expecting major energy bill increase<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3387658\/willie-phillips-resigns-energy-regulator-trump-request\/\">Democratic appointee steps down as energy regulator at Trump&#8217;s request<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3387325\/trump-backtracks-noaa-funding-restored-contracts-climate-data\/\">Trump backtracks on ending NOAA contracts to climate data centers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It makes no specific allegations, nor is UMaine aware of any previous concerns or investigation into its compliance,&rdquo; a university spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/energy\/trump-administration-maine-targeting-offshore-wind-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said in a statement<\/a> shared with NOTUS about the stop work orders.<\/p>\n<p>All three stop work orders said the university violated &ldquo;national policy assurances&rdquo; &mdash; a set of rules that recipients must agree to follow in order to receive federal funding. These rules include Title IX, the same law the Department of Justice referenced in its lawsuit challenging Maine&rsquo;s policies on transgender girls in sports.<\/p>\n<p>This came as President Donald Trump has been putting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3362266\/maine-schools-transgender-sports-order-trump-mills-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pressure on <\/a>Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) to abide by his executive order on transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The public feud between Mills and Trump began in February when Trump directly called Mills and Maine out at a governor&rsquo;s luncheon for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3368740\/trump-administration-funding-maine-boys-competing-female-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump pulled federal funding<\/a> from the state as a result of Mills and state officials disobeying his executive orders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we are the federal law. You better do it. You better do it because you&rsquo;re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Trump said in February.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see you in court,&rdquo; Mills shot back.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Department referred the investigation into Maine to the DOJ after the state&rsquo;s Education Department failed to resolve Title IX violations brought forward in a noncompliance<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3378623\/trump-pull-maine-k-12-funding-judge-pauses-usda-school-lunch-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture previously pulled funding from the University of Maine, citing Title IX violations. However, funding was restored when the USDA ruled that the university did not violate the rules.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the president has actively worked to squash active and proposed offshore wind projects. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3294452\/trump-blocks-permitting-leasing-wind-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">signed an executive order<\/a> on his first day in office temporarily suspending new offshore wind leasing. Trump also ordered a halt to construction on an active offshore wind project off the New York coast, even though it had already obtained federal permits.<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Maine reached an agreement with the Biden administration to lease federal waters for research on a floating offshore project. The Bureau of Ocean Energy under the Trump administration has not made any plans to break or change the lease. However, the company that intended to sell the energy from the turbines suspended negotiations with Maine amid Trump&rsquo;s executive orders.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Maine has about $4.4 million unspent in the $12.5 million grant awarded by ARPA-E last July. The university had contracted a construction company to build the tower and blades on the concrete platform over the next six weeks, but that project is now on hold indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3317114\/trump-education-department-programs-treasury-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO KEY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS IF TRUMP SHUTS IT DOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The university is assessing the federal notice, which states that the suspension period may not exceed 90 calendar days, and the next steps for the project and related Maine contracts and jobs. It will provide additional public comment when its analysis is complete,&rdquo; a university spokesperson said to NOTUS.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the University of Maine and the Energy Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2097128\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2097128\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Department halts Maine&#8217;s offshore wind projects amid Trump-Gov. 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