By Ethan Genter

The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly completed offshore wind energy farm off Aquinnah on Friday, citing concerns related to national security.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sent a letter to Revolution Wind ordering the company to stop any work at the 65-turbine project about 12 miles to the southwest of the Island’s western tip.

Revolution Wind already had all of its approvals from the federal government and was about 80% completed when the order came from BOEM, an agency tasked with overseeing offshore wind.

This is the latest and boldest move by the Trump administration against offshore wind, and drew condemnation from environmental organizations and lawmakers. Ørsted, which has a 50% stake in the wind farm, said in a statement Friday that

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