Trump administration sued for stopping almost completed wind farm
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The Danish company Ørsted and its partner Skyborn Renewables have filed a lawsuit against the Presidential Administration Donald Trump due to the suspension of the construction of a wind farm in the United States. About this said press service of Revolution Wind.

Project, stopped at the stage of 80% readinesswas to provide electricity to more than 350,000 homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island in 2026.

The company believes that the work stoppage order was issued without legal grounds, has no evidence and is illegal.

Earlier this year, Trump issued a similar work stoppage order for another project being built by Norwegian company Equinor ASA, but reversed it a few weeks later.

The company emphasized that it received all necessary federal and state permits in 2023 after inspections that began more than nine years ago. Based on the results of these inspections, Revolution Wind has spent about $5 billion on investments in the project and will lose another $1 billion if it is canceled.

"Revolution Wind supports more than 2,000 jobs in the U.S. in construction, operations, shipbuilding and manufacturing, including more than 1,000 union jobs that have already contributed 2 million union hours to the project," the company said.

  • US President Donald Trump openly opposes wind power, calling windmills as ugly, inefficient, expensive and harmful to wildlife. He has repeatedly claimed that wind power is a scam and the worst form of energy, criticized wind turbines for spoiling landscapes and marine areas, and often claimed that they negatively affect whales and birds.
  • After taking office, Trump issued decrees which suspended the issuance of federal licenses and permits for offshore wind projects, effectively curtailing large-scale wind energy development plans in US federal waters.
  • His administration canceled the policy of supporting wind energy, eliminated designated zones for its development, and introduced additional bureaucratic obstacles to wind and solar energy projects, which significantly slowed their implementation.