Orsted's Revolution Wind to File Injunction Against U.S. Construction Halt

By Billy Gray

Orsted said its U.S. joint venture would seek an injunction against the Trump administration's lease suspension order, which halted the construction of all U.S. offshore wind projects.

Revolution Wind, a 50-50 venture between the Danish renewable company and Global Infrastructure Partners' Skyborn Renewables, filed a supplemental complaint challenging the order, Orsted said. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, would be followed by a motion for a preliminary injunction, it said.

The U.S. government in December paused the federal leases for five East Coast projects in the works "due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports."

Orsted said Friday that Revolution Wind would continue working with the administration toward a resolution, but believes the suspension--filed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management--violates applicable law.

The Revolution Wind Project, which aims to provide 704 megawatts of offshore-wind power to Connecticut and Rhode Island and create more than 2,000 direct jobs, secured all required federal and state permits in 2023, Orsted said.

In early European trading, Orsted shares were up 4.5% at 127.9 kroner.

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January 02, 2026 04:02 ET (09:02 GMT)