NextEra Energy (NEE) has canceled its 600 MW Jackalope wind farm project in Wyoming, The New York Times reported Wednesday, in the latest casualty of President Trump’s efforts to slow or stop federal approvals for wind and solar projects.
A key environmental review of Jackalope Wind by the Interior Department was stalled for months, and the project is now effectively dead, the report said.
The project, which was expected to be operational by summer 2027, signed an agreement in late 2024 with Idaho Power (IDA) to sell energy produced by the farm over 35 years.
In September, the Idaho utility canceled its contracts with Jackalope Wind, citing “uncertainties related to the federal permitting process,” and has since accelerated plans to install nine engines that burn natural gas.
More than 60 large wind and solar farms under development on federal lands, such as Jackalope Wind, are at risk of being stymied by a pause on renewable energy permitting, NYT said.
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