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(Bloomberg) — A US judge ruled Orsted A\/S can resume building a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government\u2019s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy giant in an ongoing fight with the Trump administration over renewable energy.<\/p>\n
The Revolution Wind project, intended to power hundreds of thousands of homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut, \u201cwould be irreparably harmed\u201d unless work was allowed to continue during the legal fight, US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth in Washington concluded Monday. The project is almost 90% complete.<\/p>\n
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On Dec. 22, the US Interior Department had ordered a 90-day suspension of five East Coast wind farm projects \u2014 including Orsted\u2019s \u2014 citing undisclosed national security concerns. The order, which triggered several legal fights, marked President Donald Trump\u2019s latest effort to hobble the industry as he champions fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
Lamberth\u2019s ruling offers hope to developers facing a flurry of US moves to stop offshore wind projects Trump claims \u201close money\u201d and \u201cdestroy your landscape.\u201d The same judge is considering Orsted\u2019s request to continue work on its Sunrise Wind project near New York. And it could signal judges will rule favorably in suits over other suspended wind projects, ClearView Energy Partners said in a research note.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Orsted said \u201cthe project will resume construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority, and to deliver affordable, reliable power to the Northeast.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a two-hour hearing, Lamberth said the government\u2019s claimed national-security concerns may have been a pretext to block the renewable energy project, and never fully explained why those issues couldn\u2019t be remedied by Orsted. The administration also waited almost a month to issue the stop-work order after purportedly discovering new security risks, undercutting its claim that the situation is an emergency, the judge said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not persuaded any emergency exists in this case,\u201d said Lamberth, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan. He added that the stop-work order may have been \u201carbitrary and capricious\u201d in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires government agencies to issue detailed reasons for major rule changes and to allow time for public comment.<\/p>\n
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A White House spokeswoman said the federal government will keep fighting offshore wind projects. \u201cThe Trump administration paused the construction of all large-scale offshore wind projects because our number one priority is to put America First and protect the national security of the American people,\u201d said Taylor Rogers, a spokeswoman for the White House. \u00a0\u201cWe look forward to ultimate victory on the issue.\u201d <\/p>\n
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In addition to the Rhode Island development, Orsted filed a separate lawsuit seeking to resume work on its offshore wind project near New York. Challenges also have been filed by Equinor ASA\u2019s Empire Wind and Dominion Energy\u2019s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project. Lamberth is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on Equinor\u2019s request for an order blocking the government\u2019s stop-work order.<\/p>\n
Dominion shares rose as much as 0.7% in after-market trading.<\/p>\n
The administration initially halted work on the $5 billion Revolution Wind project in August, triggering a crisis for its owners and the industry as the installation was nearing completion. In September, a federal judge allowed construction to continue, but a second stop-work order was issued last month, when the Interior Department said the massive turbines may interfere with radar systems.<\/p>\n
In their request for a new preliminary injunction, project owners said the government\u2019s December order was causing losses of about $1.44 million a day. They said they lost about $105 million from the first construction pause.<\/p>\n
The suspensions are part of Trump\u2019s effort to aggressively thwart the growth of the industry as he rolls back Biden-era climate policies. Shortly after taking office, Trump issued an executive order pausing approvals for wind projects on federal lands and water, though it was recently ruled unlawful by a federal judge.<\/p>\n
Revolution Wind LLC, co-owned by Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners, claims in its lawsuit that the administration violated its constitutional right to due process by abruptly blocking construction \u2014 twice. The company also claimed the stop-work order violated federal law because it was \u201carbitrary and capricious,\u201d following years of planning and coordination with the US government.<\/p>\n
Revolution Wind is a 700-megawatt project expected to power about 350,000 homes. The governors of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island issued a joint statement saying that pausing construction \u201cdefies logic, will hurt our bid for energy independence, will drive up costs for America ratepayers, and will make us lose thousands of good-paying jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The state attorneys general of Rhode Island and Connecticut have also sued over the Revolution Wind stop-work order.<\/p>\n
In a statement Monday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha welcomed the ruling. \u201cRhode Island and Connecticut rely on this project for energy pricing stability and affordability, electric grid reliability, environmental health, good-paying union jobs, and more,\u201d Neronha said. \u201cThe law takes precedent over the political whims of one man, and we will continue to fight to make sure that remains the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
The case is Revolution Wind v. Burgum, 25-cv-2999, US District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).<\/p>\n
–With assistance from Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Priscila Azevedo Rocha and Greg Ryan.<\/p>\n
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