Offshore Wind Projects at Risk Despite Wins in First Circuit

Litigation is making offshore wind energy projects vulnerable to death by delay despite favorable rulings by the First Circuit, which rejected challenges to the Vineyard Wind project from nearby residents.

Vineyard Wind, the first operational commercial-scale offshore wind project in the US, is fending off four lawsuits alleging the federal government improperly approved it. It has already clinched two victories at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, with judges signaling at oral argument in July that more wins were on the way.

Locals brought lawsuits against ...