Despite the Trump Administration’s announced move to cancel federal funding for offshore wind turbine projects, Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero said on Wednesday, Sept. 3, that the port is pressing forward on its $4.7 billion Pier Wind plan to construct a dedicated terminal where the giant turbines would be constructed.

But the latest moves from Washington, D.C., has prompted an overall uncertainty about the future of ocean wind turbine projects on both coasts.

The Transportation Department on Friday, Aug. 29, canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, in what was the latest move by the Trump administration against the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded

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