Donald Trump’s attacks on Biden-era renewable energy policies are having a ripple effect on Australia’s green transition, after a Norwegian offshore wind developer targeted by the US president asked the Albanese government for more time to assess its most advanced Australian project.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor was on Tuesday granted an additional 90 days to decide if it would accept a key licence for its Novocastrian offshore wind development off Port Stephens in NSW, just weeks after Trump threatened to hit the brakes on the company’s multibillion-dollar Empire Wind project near New York.