The Northeast’s struggling offshore wind developers really could have used a win on Election Day. Instead, they got Donald Trump.

Two of the world's biggest renewables players on Wednesday warned of challenges for the U.S. offshore wind sector under a presidency led by Donald Trump, flagging potential delays for the technology slammed by the president-elect.

While a blade failure has snarled construction of Vineyard Wind, the South Fork project went into operation earlier this year and offshore construction of Revolution Wind is well underway, with 52 of its 67 monopile foundations already in the water and nine turbines mounted.

Former President Donald Trump’s impending 2025 return to the White House sent shock waves through the U.S. offshore wind industry and was hailed by its foes, who look forward to Trump’s ca

Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block future projects. Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House.

Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and ignoring the incoming president's oft-stated hostility to them.