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特朗普对海上风电的"战争"再遭诉讼挑战。

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特朗普对海上风电的"战争"再遭诉讼挑战。

内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/news/850461/offshore-wind-trump-lawsuit-dominion-energy-ai-data-center

内容总结：

特朗普政府暂停海上风电租赁遭起诉 能源公司警告将加剧AI时代电力危机

本周，美国能源巨头Dominion Energy正式对特朗普政府提起诉讼，指控其突然暂停大型海上风电项目联邦租赁的决定“不合法、武断且任意”，并可能加剧弗吉尼亚州及全美日益严峻的电力供应压力。该公司正在弗吉尼亚沿海建设的风电项目已被迫中断。

Dominion Energy在诉状中指出，美国海洋能源管理局（BOEM）本周一发布的停工令缺乏法律依据，且“侵犯了限制行政分支行为的宪法原则”。公司要求联邦法院阻止该命令的执行。作为弗吉尼亚州“数据中心走廊”的主要电力供应商，Dominion警告称，停工将直接推高项目成本，最终由消费者承担，并危及美国满足激增能源需求的能力。

该公司在一份声明中强调：“随着电力需求翻倍，弗吉尼亚需要我们能获得的每一度电。这些电力将用于支撑赢得人工智能竞赛的数据中心。”据称，弗吉尼亚拥有全球最密集的数据中心集群，而AI算力扩张、制造业增长及交通电气化正使本就紧张的电网承压，电价上涨已成为当地政治与经济焦点。

对此，被列为被告之一的美国内政部长道格·伯古姆辩称，为期90天的租赁暂停是为了应对近期机密报告中提及的“国家安全风险”及风机可能产生的雷达干扰问题。然而，前美国海军“科尔号”指挥官、国家安全专家柯克·利波尔德公开质疑：“据我所知，威胁环境并未发生变化，是什么理由让我们停止所有海上风电项目？”

这已是特朗普政府近期第二次叫停海上风电项目。此前，罗德岛和纽约附近的海上风电项目也曾被暂停，后在联邦法官干预下恢复，如今再次陷入停滞。本月初，联邦法官已裁定特朗普1月签署的禁止外大陆架风电租赁的总统备忘录“武断且任意”。

Dominion表示，其弗吉尼亚沿海风电项目已获得全部必要审批，并于2024年动工。该项目总投资112亿美元，目前已投入89亿美元，预计明年投产，年发电量可达950万兆瓦时，足以满足约66万美国家庭的用电需求，且为零碳电力。项目中断对美国可再生能源布局及电力稳定供应的影响引发广泛担忧。

中文翻译：

本周，为弗吉尼亚州"数据中心走廊"提供服务的海上风电开发商及公用事业公司Dominion Energy，就特朗普政府暂停大型海上风电项目联邦租赁的决定提起诉讼。此举导致五个在建风电场骤然停工，其中包括Dominion的"弗吉尼亚沿海海上风电"项目。

特朗普政府对海上风电的禁令再遭法律挑战
一家海上风电开发商指出，在人工智能产业急剧消耗电力之际，特朗普政府此举将限制未来电力供应。

Dominion于周二提交的诉状指出，美国海洋能源管理局（BOEM）周一发布的停工令涉嫌违法，属于"武断且反复无常"的行为，并"侵犯了限制行政部门行动的宪法原则"。该公司要求联邦法院阻止BOEM执行该停工令。

诉状同时强调，"政府官员突然无理由撤销监管批准"将威胁开发商建设大型基础设施项目的能力，而这些项目正是满足美国日益增长能源需求的关键。

"随着电力需求翻倍，弗吉尼亚亟需获取每一度电能。这些电力将支撑数据中心赢得人工智能竞赛的胜利。"Dominion在12月22日的新闻稿中表示。据该公司称，弗吉尼亚拥有全球最密集的数据中心集群。

为人工智能建设新数据中心的浪潮——加上制造业增长及家庭与交通工具电气化带来的能源需求——已使本就吃紧的电网承受更大压力。由此导致的电费上涨已成为弗吉尼亚选举及全美数据中心项目周边社区的焦点问题。Dominion警告称，推迟建设弗吉尼亚沿海海上风电场将增加项目成本，最终由消费者承担。

被列为被告之一的内政部长道格·伯古姆表示，为期90天的海上风电租赁暂停期将让该部门得以处理国家安全风险，相关风险据称近期在机密报告中已被确认。美国内政部还提及了对涡轮机造成雷达干扰的担忧。

国家安全专家、前美国科尔号驱逐舰指挥官柯克·利波德向美联社表示："我想知道发生了什么变化？据我所知，威胁环境并未改变到需要叫停所有海上风电项目的程度。"

此前特朗普政府曾叫停罗德岛海岸的"革命风电"项目和纽约海岸的"帝国风电"项目，后经联邦法官和BOEM撤销停工令才得以继续。如今这些项目再次被搁置。唐纳德·特朗普总统于一月上任后立即发布总统备忘录，从外大陆架撤出海风租赁区域，本月初联邦法官以"武断且反复无常"为由驳回了该决定。

Dominion Energy表示，已于2024年动工的弗吉尼亚沿海海上风电场已获得所有必要的联邦、州和地方批准。该公司在这个总投资112亿美元的项目上已投入89亿美元，原计划明年开始发电。该海上风电场全面投产后，预计每年可生产950万千瓦时的无碳污染电力，相当于美国66万户家庭的用电量。

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Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia’s “data center alley,” filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to five wind farms already under construction, including Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.
Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit
An offshore wind developer says the Trump administration is limiting future power supply as AI gobbles up more electricity.
An offshore wind developer says the Trump administration is limiting future power supply as AI gobbles up more electricity.
The complaint Dominion filed Tuesday alleges that a stop work order that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued Monday is unlawful, “arbitrary and capricious,” and “infringes upon constitutional principles that limit actions by the Executive Branch.” Dominion wants a federal court to prevent BOEM from enforcing the stop work order.
“Virginia needs every electron we can get as our demand for electricity doubles.”
The suit also argues that the “sudden and baseless withdrawal of regulatory approvals by government officials” threatens the ability of developers to construct large-scale infrastructure projects needed to meet rising energy demand in the US.
“Virginia needs every electron we can get as our demand for electricity doubles. These electrons will power the data centers that will win the AI race,” Dominion said in a December 22 press release. Virginia is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world, according to the company.
The rush to build out new data centers for AI — along with growing energy demand from manufacturing and the electrification of homes and vehicles — has put added pressure on already stressed power grids. Rising electricity costs have become a flashpoint in Virginia elections, and in communities near data center projects across the US, as a result. Delaying construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm raises project costs that customers ultimately pay for, Dominion warns.
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, who is named as one of the defendants in the suit, said that the 90-day pause on offshore wind leases would allow the agency to address national security risks, which were apparently recently identified in classified reports. The US Department of Interior also cited concerns about turbines creating radar interference.
“I want to know what’s changed?” national security expert and former Commander of the USS Cole Kirk Lippold told the Associated Press. “To my knowledge, nothing has changed in the threat environment that would drive us to stop any offshore wind programs.”
The Trump administration previously halted construction on the Revolution Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Empire Wind project off the shore of New York before a federal judge and BOEM lifted stop work orders. Those projects have now been suspended again. President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum upon stepping into office in January withdrawing areas on the outer continental shelf from offshore wind leasing, which a federal judge struck down earlier this month for being “arbitrary and capricious.”
Dominion Energy says it had already obtained all the federal, state, and local approvals necessary for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm, which broke ground in 2024. The company has already spent $8.9 billion to date on the $11.2 billion project that was expected to start generating power next year. Fully up and running, the offshore wind farm is supposed to have the capacity to produce 9.5 million megawatt-hours per year of carbon pollution-free electricity, about as much as 660,000 homes might use in the US.
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