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Judge Lets Revolution Wind Restart, Undercutting Trump’s Offshore Pause

The decision rebukes the administration’s classified rationale, putting its broader halt on offshore wind under immediate judicial scrutiny.

FILE - Wind turbine bases, generators and blades sit at The Portsmouth Marine terminal that is the staging area for Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
A drone view shows rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
FILE - Wind turbine bases, generators and blades sit along with support ships at The Portsmouth Marine terminal that is the staging area for Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction restoring construction on Ørsted’s nearly complete Revolution Wind serving Rhode Island and Connecticut.
  • He found the Interior Department’s Dec. 22 lease suspension likely arbitrary under the Administrative Procedure Act and said the developer faces irreparable harm.
  • The administration froze five East Coast projects citing undisclosed Defense findings on radar interference, a basis developers say they cannot review or rebut.
  • Parallel challenges by Equinor’s Empire Wind and Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, plus lawsuits from New York Attorney General Letitia James over Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, are headed to injunction hearings this week.
  • Developers and New York officials warn the stop‑work orders imperil billions in investment, thousands of jobs, and state clean‑energy targets, while President Trump has pledged to block new “windmills.”