Trump and Europe’s Wind Energy

B1 – Intermediate 

One of the first things US President Donald Trump is doing is to temporarily stop new offshore wind projects. These new wind energy policies affect some of Europe’s most important green energy companies.

Listen to this audio and read the transcript about President Donald Trump’s decision to stop new US offshore wind leasing projects.

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Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “offshore” mean? “The company took a 1.69 billion dollar loss on US projects, including Sunrise Wind, which was meant to be the largest US offshore wind farm.” Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use ‘offshore’ in your own sentence.
  2. What does the phrase “to be/get hit hard” mean? “Denmark’s Orsted got hit hardest, as its shares fell by 17%.” Use this idiom in a sentence.
  3. What is a “wind farm”? “The company took a 1.69 billion dollar loss on US projects, including Sunrise Wind, which was meant to be the largest US offshore wind farm.” Use this phrase in a sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Share your thoughts on this news.
  2. What are the good and bad things about wind turbines and wind energy?
  3. Mr. Trump believes wind turbines are ugly, too expensive, and harmful to animals. What is your opinion on his views about wind energy?
  4. How does US President Trump’s new policies affect the European wind power companies?
  5. What can these companies do to move forward from this problem/situation?
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2 replies on “Trump and Europe’s Wind Energy”

1.-Share your thoughts on this news.
I can’t say much about this topic because I don’t have much knowledge about it.
2.-What are the good and bad things about wind turbines and wind energy?.
But the little I have read on this subject is that its advantages are greater, high generation capacity, growth of the local economy, and the disadvantages are high cost, infrastructure and connection to the network, and wear due to extreme conditions.
3.-Mr. Trump believes wind turbines are ugly, too expensive, and harmful to animals. What is your opinion on his views about wind energy?.
I find this opinion very simplistic. I wonder if Trump said it exactly like this or if this message was manipulated by journalists.
4.-How does US President Trump’s new policies affect the European wind power companies?.
I think that Trump’s new policies will not help us at all in Europe, since his policy is very focused on favoring the United States, and with the European leaders that we have and the lack of unification that there is between the different countries of Europe, I think that our continent will be greatly weakened.
5.-What can these companies do to move forward from this problem/situation?.
Well, I don’t have idea

Appreciate your efforts in trying to express your thoughts about this topic despite not knowing so much about it.

Take a look at how to better express this answer:

But the little I have read on this subject is that its advantages are greater, high generation capacity, growth of the local economy, and the disadvantages are high cost, infrastructure and connection to the network, and wear due to extreme conditions.

But based on the very little that I have read on this subject, it is that the advantages are greater outweigh the disadvantages. Wind energy’s advantages include high generation capacity, and growth of the local economy., and On the other side, the disadvantages are high cost, problems with infrastructure and connection to the network, and wearing due to extreme conditions.

Just keep practicing.

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