Overview
- U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled the developers would not face immediate and significant hardship from reconsideration and ordered the permit sent back to BOEM.
- The 2.4-gigawatt project with roughly 141 turbines is planned about 20–23 miles south of Nantucket and has not begun construction.
- BOEM will reexamine the Construction and Operations Plan for legal compliance and may approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions.
- Nantucket, which sued in March alleging deficiencies in environmental and historic-preservation review, praised the ruling.
- SouthCoast Wind says it has invested over $600 million and is evaluating legal options as the administration ramps up reviews of offshore wind permits.