Overview
- U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled that the developers would not face immediate, significant hardship from a reconsideration of the permit.
- The decision enables the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to reevaluate the project’s construction and operations plan.
- SouthCoast Wind is proposed about 23 miles south of Nantucket with 141 turbines expected to generate enough power for more than 840,000 homes.
- The joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE reports more than $600 million invested to date, with construction not yet started and development planned in two phases.
- Parallel litigation by the town of Nantucket challenges BOEM’s compliance with environmental and historic-preservation laws, as the administration presses a broader effort to curb offshore wind that has included a temporary halt at Empire Wind.