An offshore wind venture between BP Plc and Japan’s Jera Co. plans to close its operating activities in the US as the clean energy resource faces pressure from the Trump administration.
JERA Nex bp — the merged offshore wind units of the two companies — said all team members in the US market will leave in the coming months, according to a statement posted on its website. The firm had planned to build the 2.5-gigawatt Beacon wind farm off Massachusetts.
“Unfortunately, in the present environment we see no viable path to the development of our Beacon wind project and ...