{"id":22715,"date":"2026-01-02T20:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=22715"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:02:29","slug":"battle-against-latest-u-s-offshore-wind-pause-reaches-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=22715","title":{"rendered":"Battle against latest U.S.  offshore wind pause reaches courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Battle against latest U.S.  offshore wind pause reaches courts<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Inevitably, offshore wind developers are looking to the courts to overturn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/trump-administration-cites-radar-clutter-in-putting-new-pause-on-offshore-wind-projects\/\">pause <\/a>imposed by the Department of the Interior on Dec. 22, 2025 on the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States, citing \u201cnational security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.\u201d Those risks, it seems, relate to radar clutter.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier blanket offshore wind pause was struck down In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XFag46\">ruling<\/a>\u00a0in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Judge Patti B. Saris  who found that the sweeping ban was \u201carbitrary and capricious.\u201d That case had been brought by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/new-york-leads-17-state-coalition-filing-lawsuit-to-end-trump-offshore-wind-energy-halt\/\">New York State Attorney Letitia James, leading a coalition of 17 attorneys general,<\/a>\u00a0and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-marine-log wp-block-embed-marine-log\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PtttKRgb9S\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/trump-administration-cites-radar-clutter-in-putting-new-pause-on-offshore-wind-projects\/\">Trump Administration cites radar clutter in putting new pause on offshore wind projects<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"\u201cTrump Administration cites radar clutter in putting new pause on offshore wind projects\u201d \u2014 Marine Log\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/trump-administration-cites-radar-clutter-in-putting-new-pause-on-offshore-wind-projects\/embed\/#?secret=BQ7MbdTLRg#?secret=PtttKRgb9S\" data-secret=\"PtttKRgb9S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dominion-energy-takes-legal-action\">Dominion Energy takes legal action<\/h4>\n<p>First to seek injunctive relief against the latest pause was Dominion Energy, whose Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is among those paused. Today,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/2025\/12\/29\/judge-to-review-classified-information-trump-administration-used-to-halt-dominion-wind-project\"> the<em> Virginian Pilot r<\/em>eports<\/a> that U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker of the Eastern District of Virginia issued an order Sunday that, says the newspaper, \u201cchanged a motion for a temporary restraining order iomednto a less urgent order for a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n<p>He also directed that the federal government present the court with \u201cany and all classified information it contends informed the decision to issue the stop work order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court order, reports the Virginian Pilot, schedules a Jan. 16 hearing in Norfolk, Va., on the preliminary injunction request and gives the federal government until Jan. 9 to present the evidence for the government to review.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-revolution-wind-challenges-new-pause\">Revolution Wind challenges new pause<\/h4>\n<p id=\"h-more-court-challenges-are-in-the-works-yesterday-jan-1-revolution-wind-llc-a-50-50-joint-venture-between-global-infrastructure-partners-skyborn-renewables-and-orsted-filed-a-supplemental-complaint-in-the-u-s-district-court-for-the-district-of-columbia-challenging-the-dec-22-lease-suspension-order-to-be-followed-by-a-motion-for-a-preliminary-injunction\">More court challenges are in the works. Yesterday, Jan. 1, Revolution Wind LLC, a 50\/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners\u2019 Skyborn Renewables and \u00d8rsted, filed a supplemental complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Dec. 22 lease suspension order ), to be followed by a motion for a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Revolution Wind continues to seek to work constructively with the Administration and other stakeholders towards an expeditious and durable resolution of this matter, it believes that the lease suspension order violates applicable law,\u201d says \u00d8rsted. \u201cAs was the case with the August 2025 stop-work order, the Revolution Wind Project faces substantial harm from a continuation of the lease suspension order. As a result, litigation is a necessary step to protect the rights of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revolution Wind secured all required federal and state permits in 2023, following extensive reviews that began more than nine years ago, notes \u00d8rsted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a requirement of the permitting process, the project engaged in years-long consultation with the U.S Department of Defense [War] Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to address potential impacts to national security and defense capabilities from construction through to operation of the project,\u201d says the company. \u201cThose consultations resulted in a fully executed formal agreement between the Department of War, pthe Department of the Air Force, and Revolution Wind outlining mitigation measures by the project.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise Wind LLC, a separate project and wholly owned subsidiary of \u00d8rsted that also received a lease suspension order on December 22 continues to evaluate all options to resolve the matter, including engagement with relevant agencies and stakeholders and considering legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/battle-against-latest-u-s-offshore-wind-pause-reaches-courts\/\">Battle against latest U.S.  offshore wind pause reaches courts<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/battle-against-latest-u-s-offshore-wind-pause-reaches-courts\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=battle-against-latest-u-s-offshore-wind-pause-reaches-courts\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battle against latest U.S. offshore wind pause reaches courts Inevitably, offshore wind developers are looking to the courts to overturn the pause imposed by the Department of the Interior on Dec. 22, 2025 on the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States, citing \u201cnational security risks identified by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7541,6598,2136,192,199,58,7542,525],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-22715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dominion-energy","category-empire-wind","category-legal","category-marinelog","category-news","category-offshore-wind","category-offshore-wind-pause","category-orsted","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}