Revolution Wind LLC says it believes the December lease suspension order violates applicable law and files a supplemental complaint
Revolution WindJoint venture of Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted that owns the Revolution Wind project, in a company release
Revolution Wind LLC said it believed the December 22, 2025 lease suspension order violated applicable law and that the project faced substantial harm from a continuation of the order. It said the project had secured all required federal and state permits in 2023 and had consulted the U.S. Department of Defense on national-security impacts as part of permitting.
“While Revolution Wind continues to seek to work constructively with the Administration and other stakeholders towards an expeditious and durable resolution of this matter, it believes that the lease suspension order violates applicable law. As was the case with the August 2025 stop-work order, the Revolution Wind Project (“Project”) faces substantial harm from a continuation of the lease suspension order. As a result, litigation is a necessary step to protect the rights of the Project. Revolution Wind secured all required federal and state permits in 2023, following extensive reviews that began more than nine years ago. As a requirement of the permitting process, the Project engaged in years-long consultation with the U.S Department of Defense [War] Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to address potential impacts to national security and defense capabilities from construction through to operation of the Project. Those consultations resulted in a fully executed formal agreement between the Department of War, the Department of the Air Force, and Revolution Wind outlining mitigation measures by the Project.”
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Was the federal government justified in halting Revolution Wind construction?
Federal officials halted construction of Revolution Wind off Rhode Island in August and December 2025, citing national-security concerns. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the December pause, while Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse criticized the interruptions. A federal judge granted preliminary injunctions against both orders. In September 2026, Connecticut announced installation of the project's final turbine.
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Company release, posted on Ørsted's website, announcing a supplemental court complaint against the December 22, 2025 lease suspension order for the Revolution Wind project.
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Ørsted company announcement reporting that its subsidiary Revolution Wind LLC received the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's August 22, 2025 stop-work order, is complying with it and is evaluating all options.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the lease suspension order on December 22, 2025. After the August 2025 stop-work order, Ørsted said on August 22, 2025 that its subsidiary Revolution Wind LLC was complying with the order and that Ørsted was evaluating all options, including legal proceedings.
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The release says Revolution Wind LLC filed a supplemental complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that day, to be followed by a motion for a preliminary injunction. It describes the project as about 87 percent complete, with 58 of 65 turbines installed.
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Why this label?
The case asks whether the federal government was justified in halting Revolution Wind construction, so the reference point is the two halt orders. Revolution Wind LLC says it believes the December lease suspension order violates applicable law and points to years of permitting review and a Defense Department consultation on national-security impacts. That rejects the halt itself, so we used the Condemned label.
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