‘Godfathers of wind’ raise alarm as Trump urges countries to abandon climate fight

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1. Two European pioneers of the modern wind power industry are sounding the alarm on the Trump administration’s [clean energy cutbacks](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/24/solar-wind-renewable-trump-tariff-utility-tax-credit-itc-ptc-obbb-electricity-price.html), warning Washington’s [anti-climate agenda](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/06/trumps-election-victory-sparks-dismay-among-climate-community.html) is part of a broader energy transition challenge.

   Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal and Britain’s Andrew Garrad, often referred to as the “[Godfathers of wind](https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/07/european-godfathers-of-wind-jointly-win-the-nobel-prize-of-engineering)” for their contributions in advancing the design, manufacture and deployment of wind turbines, said Trump’s [war on wind](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/offshore-wind-renewables-energy-trump-burgum.html) appears to be a symptom of more widespread climate apathy.

   Stiesdal is known for framing the early design principles for wind turbines and led the installation of the world’s first offshore wind farm in 1991, while Garrad developed computer models to optimize and certify turbine and farm designs.

   “I think Trump’s approach is symptomatic of a general shift,” Garrad said, in comments echoed by Stiesdal, one that is [opposed to the transition from fossil fuels](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/adipec-oil-summit-fossil-fuel-leaders-embrace-the-energy-addition-era.html) to renewable technologies, such as wind and solar.

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2. The complete unknowledgeable ignorance of this trumpanzee is incredible and embarrassing

3. Cheap energy that doesn’t rely on terrorist dictators? What a nightmare, they will be cancelled because Trump said so 🙄

4. The lizard people told trump they would give him eleventy nine jiggabillion dollars if he could raise Earths temperature by 10 C

5. When will god get rid of this idiot for us?

6. They just don’t get it, it’s nothing to do with climate change at all.

   It’s everything to do with making a profit from selling people energy from existing infrastructure by the existing vested interests.

   Saying climate change is a hoax is just a convenient cover story.

   Follow the trail of money.

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