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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Owen Scott

Trump team hands out $129 million in taxpayer money to end another wind farm project

The Trump administration is set to pay an energy firm $129 million to abandon plans to build an offshore wind farm off North Carolina.

The deal struck with Duke Energy is the latest move by the White House encouraging firms to scrap such schemes, given the president’s disdain for wind energy.

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