U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a France's TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-totalenergies-offshore-wind-9.7139677?cmp=rss
U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a France's TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-totalenergies-offshore-wind-9.7139677?cmp=rss
U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a France's TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-totalenergies-offshore-wind-9.7139677?cmp=rss
TotalEnergies Milks Trump For $1 Billion In Offshore Wind "Deal"

The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...

CleanTechnica
TotalEnergies Milks Trump For $1 Billion In Offshore Wind "Deal"

The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...

CleanTechnica
Interior and TotalEnergies Agree to End Offshore Wind Projects, Lowering Costs for American Families | U.S. Department of the Interior

Today, the Department of the Interior announced a landmark agreement with TotalEnergies for the company to redirect capital from expensive, unreliable offshore wind leases toward affordable, reliable natural gas projects that will provide secure energy for hardworking Americans

U.S. Department of the Interior

« The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant #TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build #offshore #wind #farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue #fossil fuel projects in the US. »

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/climate/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation

Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms

The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.

CNN
US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US

Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm.

Ars Technica
TotalEnergies Milks Trump For $1 Billion In Offshore Wind "Deal"

The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...

CleanTechnica