A U.S. judge will rule on Thursday on whether to allow Norwegian offshore wind developer Equinor to resume construction of the Empire Wind project off the coast…
A U.S. judge will rule on Thursday on whether to allow Norwegian offshore wind developer Equinor to resume construction of the Empire Wind project off the coast of New York in a lawsuit over the Trump administration's suspension of the industry.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington had declined to issue an immediate ruling at a hearing on Wednesday, two days after the same court ruled Danish offshore wind developer Orsted could restart work on its nearly completed Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island.
The telephonic hearing will take place at 11 a.m. (1600 GMT) local time, according to the court.
The court decisions in these cases hold high stakes for companies and their shareholders because they could allow multi-billion-dollar projects to be completed, but the underlying lawsuits and the administration's aversion to offshore wind will continue to create uncertainty.
Five Projects Paused
Equinor's request for an injunction, which would allow work to continue while the lawsuit proceeds, is the latest in a string of legal challenges to U.S. President Donald Trump's all-of-government opposition to the offshore wind sector.
Trump's Interior Department last month paused activity on five offshore wind leases, citing new classified information on
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