US EditionOrsted Challenges US Halt of $5 Billion Wind Project
Ørsted seeks a court injunction to resume its $5 billion offshore wind project 87% complete, halted due to Pentagon radar interference concerns, costing $1.44 million daily.
- On Monday, Denmark's Ørsted sought a court injunction in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to lift the lease suspension halting its $5 billion Revolution Wind project offshore Rhode Island.
- On December 22 the Interior Department suspended leases for large projects after the Pentagon complained turbine blades and towers interfere with radar.
- About 87% finished, the 700-MW project faces halted work costing at least $1.44 million per day, while BOEM, the Department of Defense and the Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration reviewed security risks.
- On Friday, Empire Wind's developer Equinor filed a complaint and said the stop-work order is unlawful, while state officials, Democratic lawmakers and industry trade groups slammed the move.
- Legal filings say lease language and prior approvals constrain suspension authority, with Empire Wind arguing the government lacks unfettered discretion and lease terms normally require advance notice before suspension.
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Developer managing Revolution Wind sues Trump administration over pause order
MARTHA’S VINEYARD – Energy company Orsted has sued the Trump administration over its latest pause order affecting five offshore wind farms. Orsted is developing Revolution Wind, which was halted along with Vineyard Wind which joined the grid one year ago, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, and Sunrise and Empire Wind in New York. Coastal Virginia filed […] The post Developer managing Revolution Wind sues Trump administration over pause order appear…
Revolution Wind developers seek second court order against Trump administration
State and local officials, community advocates and labor leaders packed the CIC in Providence on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, to voice support for the Revolution Wind project and the offshore wind industry overall. (Photo courtesy of office of U.S Rep Gab Amo)The year is new, but the argument is the same: The Trump administration has no constitutional authority to halt work on a major offshore wind project nearing completion south of Rhode Island’s coa…
USA – 02/01/2026 – energysdelamer.eu. At the time of the suspension of the lease, the project was to start producing electricity as early as January 2026. The project, which is now approximately 87% completed, has already installed all offshore foundations and 58 of the 65 wind turbines of the program.
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