[GWSG] Industrial renewables; protecting wind; banning, adding renewables; Iran effects; on US

[Tilley, Al]

1. I habitually think of renewable energy in the context of home use. An analysis of the potential industrial impact of offshore wind development in the US has broadened my imagination. https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/new-research-shows-us-offshore-wind-could-20260313

2. Cleantech provides an account of the brave judges and bureaucrats who have protected current offshore wind projects from the wrath of Trump and the wiles of fossil fuel interests. https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/14/trumps-offshore-wind-nightmare-has-become-reality/

3. In 2025, 24% of US counties had some sort of ban on renewable energy. Since valid arguments for such bans are difficult to find, the counties have made do with the crafty, the outrageous, the bald, and the bogus. The article leaves the ultimate sponsor of such bans to our suspicions.   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/21/restrictions-wind-solar-energy-bans-setbacks-government/85952104007/

4. The world added 814 gigawatts of wind and solar power in 2025, a 17% increase over 2024 and a record. https://electrek.co/2026/03/19/the-world-added-a-record-814-gw-wind-solar/

5. If the world doesn't beat the 2025 record in 2026 it is not paying attention to the effects of our attack on Iran on the energy market. Renewables should be headed for a giant Trump Bump, biggest that the world has ever seen. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/energy-fallout-iran-war-signals-040941302.html

6. Unfortunately, the US remains hostile to renewables and could be the biggest short-term loser to the shock of our attack on Iran. https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/20/trumps-disdain-for-renewables-will-make-us-biggest-short-term-loser-of-iran-war-warns-expe.


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