As part of the case it also acknowledged the deaths of a more than 150 eagles at the company's wind farms in Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, North Dakota, and Michigan, and other states.
Prosecutors said the eagles died over a period beginning in 2012, and that 136 of them were killed being struck by a turbine blade."For more than a decade, ESI has violated laws, taking eagles without obtaining or even seeking the necessary permit," assistant attorney general Todd Kim of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division said in the statement.
In its plea agreement, ESI agreed to spend up to $27 million during its probationary period on an"eagle management plan" to minimise future eagle deaths and injuries.In a statement"In fact, our company makes significant efforts to avoid accidental collisions with bird populations, including eagles," said NextEra President Rebecca Kujawa.
Trump has personally opposed wind turbines being installed near his properties, suing the Scottish Government over plans for an off-shore windfarm that Trump said would ruin the view from his course in Aberdeenshire.