Legal setback: US judge allows new review of SouthCoast Wind approval

Interior has said it identified issues with the project’s environmental analysis and that a review could result in a withdrawal of the SouthCoast permit.

Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued the ruling in a lawsuit brought by the island town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, earlier this year, challenging the agency’s approval of the project.

SouthCoast Wind’s developer, Ocean Winds, is a joint venture between Portugal’s EDP Renewables and France’s ENGIE.