Developers can resume work on halted Revolution Wind project, judge says [View all]

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Source: NHPR/Connecticut Public Radio/NPR

Published January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM EST


A judge in Washington D.C. issued a ruling Monday allowing work to continue on Revolution Wind. The ruling hands a temporary victory to Orsted, which is working on the offshore wind project intended to power more than 300,000 thousand homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island. It’s the second time a judge has overturned a stop work order on the project from the Trump administration.

Revolution Wind was nearly 90% complete when the Trump administration most recently halted the project just days before Christmas, citing national security concerns.

But on Monday, a judge in Washington D.C. issued a temporary injunction, allowing work to resume. The judge said the administration failed to explain why construction could not continue and that members of the administration were vocal in criticizing offshore wind farms for reasons unrelated to national security.

The administration did not reveal specifics about its national security concerns, but President Donald Trump said Friday while meeting with oil industry executives about investing in Venezuela that wind farms are “losers.” He said they lose money, destroy the landscape and kill birds.

Read more: https://www.nhpr.org/2026-01-12/orsted-wins-ruling-to-resume-work-on-offshore-wind-project

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