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Row over offshore wind and renewable subsidies surfaces in committee hearing
Summary
Republican members and Secretary Burgum criticized intermittent renewables and emphasized base-load power and grid stability; Democrats and members from states hosting projects defended offshore wind as job-creating and cost-effective in certain regions and asked why DOI had paused work or issued stop-work orders on specific offshore projects.
Committee members clashed over the role of wind and solar in the nation's energy mix, with several Republicans and Secretary Burgum warning about intermittency and grid stability while members from New York, Rhode Island and Virginia emphasized jobs and regional cost advantages for offshore wind.
Secretary Burgum said intermittency remains a grid challenge and that the country still needs base-load power such as coal, nuclear and other firm sources. "If…
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