The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (United States) has granted a preliminary injunction allowing Dominion Energy to resume construction of the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project (Dominion Energy press release, 16/01/2026).
- Construction had been paused since the Trump administration issued a stop-work order in December 2025, halting progress on five offshore wind parks under construction (KEI, 31/12/2025).
- Before the stop-work order, the wind park was expected to begin power production in the first quarter of 2026, with full commissioning planned for the end of 2026.
This marks the third project previously halted to be allowed to restart, following recent court decisions permitting Ørsted’s Revolution Wind (700 MW) and Equinor’s Empire Wind (810 MW) to resume construction (KEI, 19/01/2026).
The two remaining projects suspended by the stop-work order have also filed complaints: The joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, behind the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 array off the coast of Massachusetts, filed a legal challenge on 15 January 2026. Similarly, Ørsted filed a complaint in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on 7 January 2026 for its 920 MW Sunrise Wind project.
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