Orsted’s NY Wind Project Challenges US Suspension of Lease (1)

Orsted A/S filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of its offshore wind project near New York.

In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, Orsted’s Sunrise Wind unit is seeking a preliminary injunction against the US Interior Department and other agencies. The government on Dec. 22 ordered a 90-day suspension of the project’s construction off the coast of Long Island, along with four other offshore wind farms.

Orsted’s Revolution Wind is also seeking legal relief, along with Equinor ASA’s Empire Wind and Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial ...