US EditionUS judge allows Massachusetts offshore wind project to resume construction, blocking Trump pause
Judge Brian Murphy ruled Vineyard Wind can resume construction, avoiding $2 million daily losses and potential financing defaults, as national security concerns lacked adequate justification.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy granted Vineyard Wind's request for a preliminary injunction, reviving the project and blocking the Interior Department's Dec. 22 stop-work order.
- BOEM suspended construction after receiving new classified information from the Department of Defense, and Vineyard Wind said the Dec. 22 suspension order is unlawful and costs $2 million daily.
- The project is 95% complete and nearly operational, crews had installed 61 of 62 turbines and GE Vernova settled for $10.5 million over a July 2024 blade failure.
- Murphy said the developers face irreparable harm, finding Vineyard Wind likely to succeed and warning crews must return by Jan. 30 or risk losing the specialized Sea Installer contract and $4.5 billion financing.
- The decision marks the fourth court setback to the pause, as BloombergNEF cuts U.S. offshore wind growth forecasts to one-fifth of the more than 30 gigawatts by 2030, raising investor concerns.
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Court says Vineyard Wind can resume ‘full activities’
After two other projects secured relief in the courts, Vineyard Wind on Tuesday also won a decision allowing it to resume “full activities” at its offshore wind power project south of Nantucket. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts stayed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Dec. 22 project suspension order, which Vineyard Wind challenged on Jan. 15. “As the legal process proceeds, Vineyard Wind will continue to work with t…
Vineyard Wind given go-ahead to resume construction
NANTUCKET – A federal judge gave Vineyard Wind the go-ahead to resume construction while the offshore wind industry continues its legal battle against the Trump Administration’s work freezes. The preliminary injunction came from US District Court Judge for Massachusetts Brian E. Murphy. Officials with the project say the development is over 90 percent complete and […] The post Vineyard Wind given go-ahead to resume construction appeared first o…
Judge shoots down Trump's halt on massive Martha's Vineyard project
A federal judge has dealt the Trump administration yet another courtroom defeat over offshore wind, ruling Tuesday that construction can resume on the nearly complete $4.5 billion Vineyard Wind project off Martha's Vineyard.Judge Brian E. Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction allowing developers to restart work, marking the fourth legal setback for the administration's aggressive push…
Trump Loses Another Case Against Offshore Wind
The Vineyard Wind offshore wind project can continue construction while the company’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop work order proceeds, judge Brian E. Murphy for the District of Massachusetts ruled on Tuesday. That makes four offshore wind farms that have now won preliminary injunctions against Trump’s freeze on the industry. Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia offshore wind project, Orsted’s Revolution Wind off the coast o…
Like Ørsted and Equinor, another energy investor has been given the green light to resume projects.
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