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By 2024, the centerpiece of Biden’s offshore wind vision—Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts—collapsed when a 350-foot turbine blade snapped, dumping thousands of pounds of fiberglass onto Nantucket’s beaches. The debris drifted for weeks, shutting down the entire project.
GE Vernova’s own investigation revealed a manufacturing flaw so widespread it threatened over 60 blades already installed.
That was Biden’s vision: foreign-made turbines, rushed approvals, and fiberglass washing up where your family swims.
Burgum Makes a Bold Move at CERAWeek
At the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced TotalEnergies was walking away from both leases entirely.
The company won’t keep the money for themselves, either. Instead, every dollar—$928 million—will fund a liquefied natural gas plant in Brownsville, Texas, boost shale gas production, and expand conventional oil development in the Gulf of America.
Once those projects are complete, the United States will terminate the Biden-era wind leases and reimburse TotalEnergies dollar-for-dollar.
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said offshore wind development in the United States is “not in the country’s interest” and that investing in Texas LNG, which powers Europe and American data centers, is “a more efficient use of capital.”
Burgum called Biden’s offshore wind program “one of the most expensive, unreliable, environmentally disruptive, and subsidy-dependent schemes ever forced on American ratepayers and taxpayers.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi added, “prioritizes affordability for hardworking American consumers over the prior administration’s ideological, ineffective energy policies.”
Biden’s Offshore Wind Nightmare Was Already Unraveling
Even before Trump’s return to office, Biden’s offshore wind agenda was collapsing. Danish developer Ørsted scrapped two New Jersey projects in 2023 after supply chains faltered and tax credits fell short. New England canceled contracts for 3.2 gigawatts of promised power, years behind schedule.
By the time Biden left Washington, his goal of 30 gigawatts by 2030 was widely labeled a “pipe dream” by industry insiders.
The TotalEnergies decision is the final verdict. The company’s own studies warned that U.S. offshore wind was “costly and might have a negative impact on power affordability for U.S. consumers.” This is not a conservative argument—it’s a corporation telling the truth.
Why they didn’t figure that out before accepting nearly $1 billion of American tax dollars—or if they did and took it anyway—remains unclear.
Trump and Burgum Turn Bad Spending Into American Wins
Trump didn’t just cancel failing projects. He transformed nearly $1 billion in Biden’s green ideology into American oil production, LNG exports, and jobs in Texas.
The Rio Grande LNG plant in Brownsville will supply Europe with desperately needed gas and power the AI data centers driving America’s next economic boom.
Biden tried to lock that billion into turbines that break and pollute beaches. Trump and Burgum turned it into tangible energy, American jobs, and real progress.
Socialism may sound appealing on paper—but when it comes to real energy and American prosperity, results matter.
