Preliminary injunction allows construction to resume at Ørsted’s Revolution Wind

One of the first of the many court challenges to the latest Trump Administration attempts to shut down U.S. offshore wind development has met with initial success. Danish sustainable energy developer Ørsted reports that U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the preliminary injunction sought by Revolution Wind, LLC regarding the December 22, 2025 suspension order issued by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

The New York Times reports that Judge Royston Lambert ruled that the Interior Department’s suspension order was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of federal law. In its report, the newspaper adds that in his ruling Judge Lambert said that the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did not adequately explain how the project posed security risks or why halting construction would address those concerns.

“Purportedly new classified information does not constitute a sufficient explanation for the bureau’s decision to entirely stop work on the Revolution Wind project,” he said while ruling from the bench.

The court’s action will allow the Revolution Wind Project — a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted— to restart impacted activities immediately while the underlying lawsuit challenging the August 22, 2025 and December 22, 2025 BOEM Director’s orders progresses. Revolution Wind will determine how best it may be possible to work with the U.S. Administration to achieve an expeditious and durable resolution.

Ørsted says that the project will resume construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority.

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