The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 12 granted a preliminary injunction sought by Revolution Wind regarding the December 22, 2025, suspension order issued by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Revolution Wind is a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted.
Revolution Wind will supply 704 MW of offshore wind energy to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The court’s action will allow the Revolution Wind Project 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 US Administration to achieve an expeditious and durable resolution. The Project will resume construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority, and to deliver affordable, reliable power to the Northeast,” a Revolution Wind news release said.
The Department of the Interior in December announced that it was pausing -- effective immediately -- the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States "due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports."
