Energy Secretary Doug Burgum said multiple offshore wind projects have been halted under President Donald Trump’s administration due to serious national security risks, high costs, and reliability problems, citing a newly completed classified report from the Department of War.
Burgum said the report focuses on how modern warfare has shifted toward drone-based threats and how massive offshore wind turbines can interfere with radar systems critical to detecting those threats along the East Coast.
“Well, Martha, this is a new, recently released, classified report completed by the Department of War that highlights really builds on the story you had just before this, which is Modern Warfare, is drone warfare, and the radar interference caused by these massive, gargantuan projects,” Burgum said.
He described the scale of offshore wind installations, noting that their size and movement create significant radar disruption.
“I mean understanding that a single one of these towers can be one and a half to times taller than the than the Washington Monument,” Burgum said.
“The blades themselves, the diameter the blades is bigger than the Statue of Liberty, two and a half football fields. These things are moving in 150 miles an hour.”
According to Burgum, ground-based radar systems are designed to detect movement, and offshore wind farms create blind spots that could be exploited in an attack.
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“Our ground based radar is designed to pick up movement if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast of our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms,” he said. “That’s the basis of this understanding.”
Burgum said the administration has implemented a temporary pause on the projects while reviewing mitigation options, but emphasized that the concerns are substantial.
“As we said, we’ve got a 90 day pause. We’ve announced we’re happy to sit down and see if we can try to find mitigation,” Burgum said.
“But this is a real national security concern.”
He also pointed to opposition from multiple groups beyond national security officials, including fishermen, marine regulators, and environmental activists concerned about wildlife impacts.
“And as you also mentioned here, I don’t know that I’ve called these successful because we’ve got the Marine Fisheries, and the fishermen are opposed to these,” Burgum said.
“The people that love the whales are opposed to them because of the whale grounding.”
Burgum said offshore wind also fails on cost and reliability, calling it the most expensive form of energy currently being produced and dependent on foreign supply chains.
“And of course, consumers, if they understood the facts, this is the most expensive form of energy we’re producing, is offshore wind, and so it’s not reliable,” he said.
“It’s only works when the wind is blowing. It’s it is expensive, and of course, it depends on foreign suppliers, almost completely for this industry.”
He argued that a more affordable and dependable alternative already exists for the region, pointing to domestic natural gas production.
“And we have a solution in New England right there, which is natural gas from Pennsylvania,” Burgum said.
“Which would generate power five to 10 times more than all these five wind projects together.”
Burgum concluded by linking the administration’s energy approach to broader affordability goals for consumers.
“So we have a way to keep affordability into pricing for home heating and electricity in New England, just like we have in the rest of the country,” he said.
“Because President Trump’s policies are working.”
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