Judge: Revolution Wind project off Martha's Vineyard can resume

Vineyard Wind joins in as second project wins court relief

TWO OFFSHORE WIND projects have now secured preliminary injunctions enabling work to resume, and now Vineyard Wind 1 is also going to court in search of relief from a federal government stop-work order. Equinor reported Thursday that it plans to resume construction on Empire Wind, a 54-turbine project off Long Island, N.Y. that is designed to provide enough power for 500,000 New York homes. The project is about 60 percent complete and has put ab…

Revolution Wind allowed to resume construction - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Another attempt by the federal government to step on the toes of the offshore wind industry faltered after a judge Monday granted Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm located 12 miles off the coast of Aquinnah, a stay and preliminary injunction, which allows the project to restart construction. It represents a legal reversal of a suspension order issued by federal officials just last month. Royce C. Lamberth, a federal judge in the District Co…

Judge: Revolution Wind project off Martha's Vineyard can resume

Clean Energy Start and Restart

This week, a US federal judge cleared Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which US President Donald Trump's administration halted along with four other projects last month.The halt was costing Orsted $1.5 million a day…