US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
美国达成 12 亿美元协议，支付德国公司以叫停海上风电项目
German energy company RWE has said it will abandon its offshore wind projects in the US after reaching a $1.2bn (£892m) payout deal with President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior (DoI). 德国能源公司莱茵集团（RWE）表示，在与唐纳德·特朗普总统领导的美国内政部达成 12 亿美元（约合 8.92 亿英镑）的赔偿协议后，将放弃其在美国的海上风电项目。
RWE said that it will now reinvest the sum into conventional gas projects, including $900m (£669m) in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project in Louisiana. 莱茵集团表示，现在将把这笔资金重新投入到传统天然气项目中，其中包括向路易斯安那州的一个液化天然气（LNG）出口终端项目投资 9 亿美元（约合 6.69 亿英镑）。
“After careful consideration, it was determined there is no path forward to permit these projects in the US for the foreseeable future,” the company said in a statement. 该公司在一份声明中表示：“经过慎重考虑，我们认定在可预见的未来，这些项目在美国已无获批的可能。”
Trump has derided wind power for years and often uses his rally speeches to rail against “ugly” turbines. 特朗普多年来一直嘲讽风力发电，并经常在竞选集会上抨击那些“丑陋”的风力涡轮机。
RWE said it has agreed to relinquish its leases off the California and Louisiana coasts as well as in the New York Bight. 莱茵集团表示，已同意放弃其在加利福尼亚州和路易斯安那州海岸以及纽约湾（New York Bight）的租赁权。
Overall, the German firm plans to invest approximately €17bn (£14.5bn; $19.6bn) in the US over the next six years “to grow its generation capacity”. 总体而言，这家德国公司计划在未来六年内向美国投资约 170 亿欧元（约合 145 亿英镑；196 亿美元），以“扩大其发电能力”。
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement posted on X that Americans deserve an energy system built on common sense and not one dependent on “costly subsidies”. “We welcome RWE’s agreement and voluntary investment in projects that strengthen our nation’s energy security,” he added. 内政部长道格·伯格姆（Doug Burgum）在 X 平台上发表声明称，美国人理应拥有一个基于常识而非依赖“昂贵补贴”的能源系统。他补充道：“我们欢迎莱茵集团达成的协议，以及其对加强我国能源安全项目的自愿投资。”
The deal is the latest the Trump administration has reached this year as Trump, a vocal supporter of the fossil fuel industry, continues his push to halt offshore wind projects. 这是特朗普政府今年达成的最新协议。作为化石燃料行业的坚定支持者，特朗普正持续推动叫停海上风电项目。
Trump has sought to boost government support for fossil fuels after campaigning for the presidency under the slogan “drill, baby, drill”. 在以“钻探，宝贝，钻探”（drill, baby, drill）为口号竞选总统后，特朗普一直致力于加强政府对化石燃料的支持。
Days after his return to office, he said “we’re not going to do the wind thing” and called them “big, ugly windmills” that were dangerous to wildlife. 重返白宫几天后，他便宣称“我们不会再搞风电那一套”，并称这些设施是“又大又丑的风车”，对野生动物构成威胁。
And this week, he said that “any country with windmills is a loser”. 本周，他又表示“任何拥有风车的国家都是输家”。
In March 2026, the DoI reached a deal with TotalEnergies putting an end to the French company’s offshore wind projects in the US. 2026 年 3 月，美国内政部与道达尔能源公司（TotalEnergies）达成协议，终止了这家法国公司在美国的海上风电项目。
Instead, the firm agreed to reroute investment to build a LNG plant in Texas and to develop “upstream conventional oil” in the Gulf of Mexico. 作为交换，该公司同意将投资转向在德克萨斯州建设液化天然气工厂，并开发墨西哥湾的“上游常规石油”。
The administration signed a similar $129m (£96m) agreement with Charlotte-based Duke Energy last month in exchange for the termination of the company’s offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area. 上个月，特朗普政府还与总部位于夏洛特的杜克能源公司（Duke Energy）签署了类似的 1.29 亿美元（约合 9600 万英镑）协议，以换取该公司终止在卡罗莱纳长湾（Carolina Long Bay）地区的海上风电租赁合同。