Jan 7 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Orsted said on Wednesday its unit Sunrise Wind will challenge the U.S. government’s decision last month to suspend its offshore wind project lease and will seek a court injunction.
The Trump administration suspended leases on December 22 for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the U.S. East Coast over what it called national security concerns.
Orsted said that the Sunrise Wind project was about 45% complete and that at the time of the lease suspension order, the project was expected to begin generating power as soon as October 2026.
“Sunrise Wind has spent and committed billions of dollars in reliance upon, and has met the requests of, a thorough review process,” Orsted added.
The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Last week, Revolution Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables, and Norwegian energy group Equinor complaints challenging orders passed by U.S. Department of the Interior order to suspend their wind projects.
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