pause<\/a> on five leases. The agency stopped work on the multi-billion-dollar facilities due to national security concerns around radar interference.<\/p>\nAn Interior Department spokesperson said the agency would not comment on pending litigation.<\/p>\n
Orsted said in a statement it would resume work immediately but continue with the underlying lawsuit challenging Interior\u2019s stop work order. It added it was trying to find a solution to the matter by cooperating with the U.S. administration.<\/p>\n
Orsted has spent or committed more than $7 billion to date to build Sunrise Wind, the company said. If the stop-work order is not lifted by February 6, the project risks losing access to a specialized vessel needed to complete installation of an offshore cable, Orsted attorneys argued at the hearing.<\/p>\n
The argument was similar to those made at four other hearings in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery court to review this question has now found that the loss of specialized vessels and resulting delays amounts to irreparable harm. I agree,\u201d U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said before granting Orsted\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
Lamberth also granted the injunction for Orsted\u2019s Revolution Wind, off the coast of Rhode Island, in January.<\/p>\n
An attorney for the Justice Department argued that the suspension was justified by new, classified information about risks to national security from the operation of offshore wind farms.<\/p>\n
Offshore wind developers have faced repeated disruptions under U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he finds wind turbines ugly, expensive and inefficient.<\/p>\n
Analyst Jacob Pedersen from Denmark\u2019s Sydbank said political risks remained high.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven with the lifting of the construction freeze, there is an imminent risk that Sunrise Wind will face a very difficult and turbulent period in relation to the Trump administration\u2019s obstruction,\u201d Pedersen said in a client note.<\/p>\n
Sunrise Wind is located 30 miles east of Long Island, New York and is about 45% complete, according to Orsted. Once built, the project will produce enough power for nearly 600,000 homes. It is expected to start operating as soon as October.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington and Nichola Groom in San Marino, California; Additional reporting by Essi Lehto in Helsinki; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Diane Craft)<\/p>\n
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