US EditionOffshore wind developer prevails in court as Trump says the US ‘will not approve any windmills’
Federal judge rules Trump administration's national security concerns on Revolution Wind are unjustified, allowing construction to resume on a 704-megawatt project powering 350,000 homes.
- U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on Jan. 12, 2026, allowing Ørsted's nearly complete 65-turbine Revolution Wind project to resume construction immediately.
- The Interior Department cited unspecified national security concerns from classified Defense Department material about military radar clutter identified in November, which BOEM learned of mid-November but acted on weeks later.
- Revolution Wind attorney Janice Schneider said the Wind Scylla is under contract until Feb 22, and completing seven turbines requires about 41 days, costing over $1.4 million daily.
- More than 1,000 workers are employed by the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind, which would supply electricity to about 350,000 homes and protect Rhode Island and Connecticut ratepayers’ bill savings.
- Even with Monday's ruling, developers face a time crunch to finish the nearly $6 billion wind farm before Oct. 1, with energy delivery required by January 2027, according to court filings.
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Offshore wind developer prevails in court as Trump says U.S. ‘will not approve any windmills’
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. In the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth said the government did not explain why it could not take action short of a complete stop to construction on Revolution Wind while it considers ways to mitiga…
Trump’s War on Wind Fails in Court as Turbines Keep Power Ahead
In one of the most surreal clashes of federal authority and renewable energy, a federal judge has blown up Donald Trump’s latest attempt to halt offshore wind projects, ruling that the administration’s anti-wind crusade is legally indefensible. The case centers on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which aims to power hundreds of thousands of homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Last December, the administration issued a sweeping sto…
While the U.S. president is showing an assumed hostility to wind power and his administration ordered the suspension of five major projects off the U.S. East Coast last December, a Washington federal judge authorized on Monday 12 January the immediate resumption of the Revolution Wind site of the Danish company Orsted off Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Judge clears wind farm construction to resume
What happenedA federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday allowed construction to resume on a major offshore wind farm serving Connecticut and Rhode Island that the Trump administration ordered shut down in December on unspecified national security grounds. Suspending the nearly complete Revolution Wind project was unlawfully “arbitrary and capricious,” U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said. A second D.C. federal judge, Amit Mehta, ruled Mon…
Federal judge hands Trump admin loss on offshore wind crackdown
A federal judge overturned an order by the Interior Department halting construction of a $6.2 billion offshore wind project. Danish offshore wind developer Orsted will now be able to resume work on its Revolution Wing project.U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth's ruling represents a legal setback for the Trump administration, which has sought to block the expansion of offshore wind projects in federal waters. This is the second time in four month…
Judge Overrules Trump, Clears Offshore Wind Build Despite National Security Concerns
Newport Buzz Judge Overrules Trump, Clears Offshore Wind Build Despite National Security Concerns A federal judge has cleared the way for construction to resume on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project — a decision critics say puts national security, marine life, coastal communities and already-strained ratepayers at risk. In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the federal government failed to justify a full stop-work …
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