- The White House has paused offshore wind leases for five large projects, citing new national security concerns regarding radar interference.
- The pause follows a judge’s recent dismissal of a previous executive order blocking wind development, and is based on unclassified and classified Pentagon reports.
- Despite years of mitigation efforts and existing radar filtering technologies, the government claims no solution has fully restored radar performance.

A: Hey! Did you hear anything about the wind farms off the coast?

B: No! What’s going on? It seemed like they were finally moving forward.

A: Well, the government is pausing new wind farm leases again. Remember Trump blocked them before?

B: Seriously? Why again?

A: They're worried about radar interference. Apparently, the wind turbines mess with the signals.

B: Oh, I see. Like, they can’t track things properly?

A: Exactly! They say new technology from potential enemies is making the problem worse. Five big projects are affected.

B: Wow, that’s a lot of power! Almost 6 gigawatts!

A: Yeah! It’s a big deal for the East Coast, especially with all the data centers popping up.

B: So, is it a new problem? I thought they were working on solutions.

A: They *have* been, for years! There are reports from 2024 that say they’ve made progress with techniques like adaptive processing, kind of like noise-canceling headphones.

B: So, what’s the catch?

A: Apparently, nothing has fully fixed the problem yet. The way the turbine blades move creates a complex signal that’s hard to filter out.

B: That makes sense. Spinning blades, moving toward and away... it's tricky!

A: Right. They're saying they need more time to figure it out. They’re not even saying *which* government agency made the reports!

B: Unbelievable! Hopefully they can find a solution soon, and get those wind farms built.