The Interior Department is officially ending a large wind project that was set to be built in south-central Idaho, Secretary Doug Burgum announced Wednesday.
Burgum rescinded approvals on Wednesday for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, which was greenlit under former President Joe Biden’s administration in 2024 and was set to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of energy and power up to 500,000 homes in the region. The project would have been one of the largest wind farms in the United States.
The reversal came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day halting any movement on the project and calling on the Interior Department to conduct a review. The order mainly targeted offshore wind development, and Lava Ridge was the only onshore facility specifically mentioned.