The Norwegian company Equinor and the Danish energy company Orsted are the latest to challenge the suspension order, with the limited liability companies for their projects filing civil suits late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Connecticut and Rhode Island filed their own request at that federal court on Monday seeking a preliminary injunction.
The “Jan 16” deadline for Empire Wind is the critical detail here.
Maritime logistics are unforgiving. Jones Act compliant vessels and specialized jack-up barges are booked years out. You can’t just “pause” for 90 days.
If they miss the weather window or lose their slot in the vessel queue, the project pushes a full year. That is a massive hole in the 2026-2027 capacity maps for NYISO and ISO-NE.
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**From The Associated Press:**
Offshore wind developers and states are suing the Trump administration over [its order to suspend work](https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-337980893e944ca274e46dbb70d04cb1) for at least 90 days on five large-scale projects under construction off the East Coast.
The Norwegian company Equinor and the Danish energy company Orsted are the latest to challenge the suspension order, with the limited liability companies for their projects filing civil suits late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Connecticut and Rhode Island filed their own request at that federal court on Monday seeking a preliminary injunction.
[The administration announced Dec. 22](https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-c0ac1e447c93126327f1922327921aa0) it was suspending leases for five offshore wind projects because of national security concerns. Its announcement did not reveal specifics about those concerns.
Read more: [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-offshore-wind-project-freeze-165132990.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-offshore-wind-project-freeze-165132990.html)
The “Jan 16” deadline for Empire Wind is the critical detail here.
Maritime logistics are unforgiving. Jones Act compliant vessels and specialized jack-up barges are booked years out. You can’t just “pause” for 90 days.
If they miss the weather window or lose their slot in the vessel queue, the project pushes a full year. That is a massive hole in the 2026-2027 capacity maps for NYISO and ISO-NE.