Donald Quixote’s war on wind : how Trump harms the European wind industry
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- Simon Rogissart (UGent)
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- This paper examines how Donald Trump’s “war on wind” affects Europe’s wind energy sector within an increasingly bipolar global energy order. While the European Union positions wind energy as a cornerstone of both its energy transition and industrial policy, the United States under Trump—portrayed as a modern Don Quixote—has launched an explicit political and regulatory offensive against the wind industry. At the same time, China’s dominant position in wind energy adds further geopolitical pressure. This paper analyses how Trump’s policies reverberate across the Atlantic and argues that the EU increasingly views the wind industry through a strategic, geopolitical lens.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01KP86CTG6RQWVCH4M7S2HCDQY
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- Rogissart, Simon. “Donald Quixote’s War on Wind : How Trump Harms the European Wind Industry.” GIES Occasional Paper, edited by Tim Haesebrouck et al., vol. 3, Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES), 2025.
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- Rogissart, S. (2025). Donald Quixote’s war on wind : how Trump harms the European wind industry (T. Haesebrouck, A. Berghs, T. Geunens, S. Taghon, & M. C. Tallarita, Eds.). Ghent: Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES).
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- Rogissart, Simon. 2025. “Donald Quixote’s War on Wind : How Trump Harms the European Wind Industry.” Edited by Tim Haesebrouck, Arnout Berghs, Thor Geunens, Servaas Taghon, and Martina Chiara Tallarita. GIES Occasional Paper. Ghent: Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES).
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- Rogissart, Simon. 2025. “Donald Quixote’s War on Wind : How Trump Harms the European Wind Industry.” Ed by. Tim Haesebrouck, Arnout Berghs, Thor Geunens, Servaas Taghon, and Martina Chiara Tallarita. GIES Occasional Paper. Ghent: Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES).
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- 1.Rogissart S. Donald Quixote’s war on wind : how Trump harms the European wind industry. Haesebrouck T, Berghs A, Geunens T, Taghon S, Tallarita MC, editors. Vol. 3, GIES Occasional Paper. Ghent: Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES); 2025.
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- [1]S. Rogissart, “Donald Quixote’s war on wind : how Trump harms the European wind industry,” GIES Occasional Paper, vol. 3. Ghent University. Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES), Ghent, 2025.
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