Judge Allows a Third Offshore Wind Project to Resume Construction as the Industry Challenges Trump

A federal judge has ruled that work on a Virginia offshore wind project could resume. It’s the third project this week to successfully challenge the Trump administration in court. The administration announced last month it was suspending leases for at least 90 days on five East Coast offshore wind projects because of national security concerns. Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, was the first to sue. In federal court in Virginia on Friday, a judge granted its request for a preliminary injunction, allowing construction to resume while the lawsuit proceeds. Federal judges ruled this week that construction could also resume on a wind farm for New York and another for Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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