{
  "id": 226894,
  "title": "RWE’s $1.22B exit marks the latest in Trump’s billion-dollar offshore wind buyouts—now topping $3B to redirect developers to fossil fuels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/rwes-1-22b-exit-marks-the-latest-in-trumps-billion-dollar-offshore",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:48:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/06/rwes-1-22b-exit-marks-the-latest-in-trumps-billion-dollar-offshore-wind-buyoutsnow-topping-3b-to-redirect-developers-to-fossil-fuels/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Trump administration's practice of reimbursing offshore wind developers to abandon their projects continued on August 6, when RWE agreed to forego its wind leases off New York, California, and Louisiana, investing instead in natural gas. The Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement extends the initiative launched by President Donald Trump's personal disapproval of offshore wind turbines. The settlement series began with a $1 billion agreement in March with TotalEnergies and continued with deals to dismantle wind projects with Invenergy, Ocean Winds, Reventus Power, and Global Infrastructure Partners. The RWE deal involves abandoning the Community Offshore Wind project off New York and New Jersey, along with additional leases off the northern California coast and the Gulf of Mexico. RWE stated that after thorough consideration, it could not find a feasible path to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. Instead, RWE will invest the funds in fossil fuel ventures, including a $900 million stake in Woodside Energy's Louisiana LNG project, which is expected to become operational in 2029. Additionally, RWE will allocate $300 million towards gas-fired turbines for U.S. power plant projects. Despite RWE's commitment to developing offshore wind projects globally, the DOJ agreements to cancel wind projects in the U.S. are facing legal challenges. Several states recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government, contending that the \"sham settlement\" agreements are unlawful and detrimental to their states by eliminating clean energy projects at a time when power demand is increasing due to the AI boom and broader electrification trends.",
  "summary": "The Trump administration has agreed to pay more than $3 billion to cancel offshore wind projects since March.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}