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Four projects, including Orsted's Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island, have won court orders to resume construction while underlying lawsuits proceed.
Construction has resumed on the $11.2 billion offshore wind project by Dominion Energy three weeks after the federal government called for a pause on the work citing national security concerns. A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia ordered a preliminary injunction on Friday for Dominion to continue work while the company’s lawsuit challenging
Vessel operators in the Gulf of Mexico and union workers along the East Coast are frustrated by the Trump administration's efforts to stop offshore wind.
Construction on Revolution Wind began in 2023, and the project was expected to be fully operational next year. Orsted says it is evaluating the financial impact of stopping construction and is considering legal proceedings. Rhode Island is already home to one offshore wind farm, the five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm. Revolution Wind was expected to be Rhode Island and Connecticut's first ...
The developer behind a large offshore wind farm near Massachusetts will try to convince a federal judge on Tuesday to allow construction on the project to resume.
(WASHINGTON – Feb 2, 2026) Today, a district court judge struck down the stop-work order on the Sunrise Wind project, marking the fifth time courts have overturned the Department of Interior’s order halting work on five offshore wind projects under construction.
Federal agencies press court to keep Vineyard Wind 1 paused, leaving 10 offshore turbines partially built amid safety concern and legal disputes.
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High above the streets of Yibin City in southwest China, a helium-filled airship shaped like a streamlined Zeppelin has quietly become a functioning power plant. The S1500 system, described by its developers as a megawatt-class “flying power plant,