The District Court for the District of Columbia has granted Ørsted authorization to resume construction of its 700 MW Revolution Wind offshore project off the coast of Rhode Island (United States) (Ørsted press release, 12/01/2026).
- In August 2025, the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an order to suspend all activities on Ørsted’s offshore wind project KEI, 26/08/2025).
- In September 2025, a federal judge granted the preliminary injunction requested by Ørsted to resume work on the nearly completed project (KEI, 24/09/2025)
- In December 2025, the US administration decided to freeze the development of five offshore wind projects along the US East Coast, representing nearly 6 GW of capacity, including Revolution Wind (KEI, 31/12/2025).
Ørsted stated that “the project will resume construction as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority, and with the aim of delivering affordable and reliable power to the Northeast.” Revolution Wind is a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, a subsidiary of Global Infrastructure Partners.
The hearing marked the first of three preliminary injunction hearings scheduled in January 2026 in lawsuits challenging the offshore wind development pause. The other cases concern Equinor’s Empire Wind project off the coast of New York and Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. In addition, Equinor recently informed a US court that if construction of the 810 MW Empire Wind project does not restart by 16 January 2026, cancellation could become likely due to tight project timelines and potential “cascading effects.”
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