Trump called wind farms “Bad“eyes. He said they were “drives the whales crazy“and that wind”kill the birds.” He has too falsely admitted that the noise coming from windmills can cause cancer.

Clearly, Trump has a particular disdain for offshore wind — the variant that places turbines over miles of open water — perhaps since a failed legal challenge against a proposed offshore wind farm near his Scottish golf course a decade ago. His banter culminated in an announcement by the Department of the Interior in December that it had been made terminated leases for the national security’s five multibillion-dollar offshore wind farms, arguing wind turbines can disrupt radar signals.

On Monday, a federal judge ruled that Ørsted, a Danish energy giant developing one of the projects off the coast of New York State, could continue construction. This marks the fifth time in the past three weeks that a federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration in the case, and now all five of the wind farms planned on federal waters have gotten the go ahead. While the legal battle is far from over, it is yet another defeat for Trump in his battle against wind energy, which continues to rise in the US despite the president’s attacks.

“After five rulings and five clear outcomes, it’s time to shift the uncertainty fueled by litigation and allow these projects to finish the work they were approved to do,” Hillary Bright, executive director of the offshore wind advocacy group Turn Forward, said in a statement.

A spokesman from the Department of the Interior declined luckThe request for comment is due to pending litigation.

Wind energy, and renewable energy in general, has fared better in Trump’s first year back in office than many expected. In the first 11 months of 2025, wind and solar power combined will account for nearly 90% of all newly installed generation capacity in the US, according to DATA released last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Great growth for solar energy and battery storage last year was responsible for much of that, but wind power was no slouch either. The energy source represented nearly 16% of newly installed electricity generation last year, more than natural gas and second only to solar.

Wind is not only staying constant in the US energy mix: Its share is rising. Between January and November of last year, more than 5,500 megawatts of new wind power were installed in the US, which is 71% more than was built during the same period in 2024.

While the Trump administration has rescinded most federal funding for green energy and tried to litigate wind and other renewable energy projects in submission, most investors remain sanguine about the prospects of clean power in the US This is largely the result of higher electricity prices and increased demand from data center projects.

The offshore farm in New York State that was ordered this week, known as Sunrise Wind, has been reported almost half completeand developers say it will eventually power 600,000 homes in the state. It is unclear whether the administration will seek to appeal any of the five decisions, but for now, Sunrise Wind is expected to begin delivering electricity later this year.