US President Donald Trump, long a critic of wind energy, has repeatedly dismissed wind turbines as unsightly and has labelled them an "economic and environmental disaster."

RWE U.S. Offshore reaches settlement agreement with U.S. Department of Interior on offshore wind leases

RWE struck a $1.22 billion deal to cancel US offshore wind leases and invest in gas, joining a wave of buyouts totaling over $2.5 billion.