Pentagon halts approvals for US onshore wind projects
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Updated · Reuters · May 3
Pentagon halts approvals for US onshore wind projects
11 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 3
About 165 projects on private land are affected, including schemes awaiting final sign-off, in negotiations, and some that normally would not need Pentagon oversight.
Developers have faced stalled communication since August 2025, cancelled meetings and notices that applications were no longer being processed while the Pentagon reviews its security assessment procedures.
The move follows earlier Trump administration pauses and lawsuits over classified radar-interference risks, extending repeated disruption for a sector Trump has criticised as ugly, expensive and inefficient.
If technology can solve wind turbine radar interference, why are 165 new projects suddenly a security threat?
Could halted wind farms actually boost military surveillance instead of posing a threat to it?