Sunrise Wind, Orsted, challenges US suspension of wind lease

Denmark's Orsted said on Wednesday that its unit Sunrise Wind will challenge the U.S. Government's 'decision' last month to suspend their offshore wind project lease, and seek a court order.

The Trump administration

On December 22, the U.S. East Coast announced that it had leased five large offshore wind projects currently under construction.

Orsted stated that the Sunrise Wind Project was?about 45%complete. At the time of the lease suspension order the project would have been expected to start generating electricity as early as October 2026.

Orsted added, "Sunrise Wind spent and committed millions of dollars relying on, and meeting the requests of, an extensive review process."

The complaint was filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Last week

Revolution Wind

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued an order that suspended the wind projects of Orsted and Skyborn Renewables - a joint venture of 50-50 between the two companies. (Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

(source: Reuters)