Overview
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion Energy a preliminary injunction, clearing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind to resume construction.
- The ruling follows earlier injunctions that let Revolution Wind and Empire Wind restart work after Interior halted them in late December.
- Two projects remain paused as litigation proceeds, with Sunrise Wind set for a February 2 hearing and Vineyard Wind 1 having filed suit on January 15.
- The Interior Department’s order froze roughly 6 gigawatts of capacity over Defense Department radar concerns, which multiple judges probed skeptically in recent hearings.
- Environmental group Green Oceans warned that newly classified findings point to unresolved national‑security and aviation radar risks despite the court approvals.