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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor and agencies

US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan

people look at a wind turbine sticking out of the water
People gaze at wind turbines located off Virginia Beach. Photograph: Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via Getty Images

As a fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran drives up global fossil fuel prices, the Trump administration has announced it will pay French energy major TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct wind farms off the US east coast.

The deal is the latest blow to the US offshore wind industry, which has faced repeated disruptions to multi-billion-dollar projects under Donald Trump.

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