General – Revolution Wind
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on the OWF Revolution Wind can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
At the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth stated that the government did not explain why it could not take less restrictive action than a complete halt to construction on Revolution Wind while it considers ways to address its national security concerns. He also mentioned that it did not provide enough reasoning for its change in position.
Revolution Wind, which is currently 87% complete, is set to provide 704 MW of power generation to Connecticut and Rhode Island, and has sparked investments in Louisiana and New England shipyards, purchased export cables from a South Carolina factory, and spurred a steel supply chain that crosses New York and created hundreds of unions jobs in Providence, Rhode Island. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial, Empire Wind 1, Sunrise Wind, and Vineyard Wind 1 are still subject to the construction pause and lease suspension.
Danish energy company Ørsted, Norwegian company Equinor, and Dominion Energy Virginia each sued to ask the courts to vacate and set aside the administration’s Dec. 22 order to freeze five big projects on the East Coast over national security concerns.
Ørsted’s hearing was first on its Revolution Wind project. Orsted said it will soon resume construction to deliver affordable, reliable power to the Northeast.
Ørsted and Skyborn will restart construction of the 704MW Revolution Wind project off the US north-east coast as soon as possible after the judge on Monday granted the partners an injunction against a US government stop-work order.
“The project will resume construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority, and to deliver affordable, reliable power to the Northeast,” Orsted said after the ruling by District Judge Royce Lamberth.
