Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project

Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer is taking the Trump administration to court over its decision to suspend work on a $5bn project on the north-east US coast.

Denmark’s Ørsted filed a legal challenge on Thursday against the White House’s decision 10 days ago to suspend the lease for its Revolution Wind site as part of a sweeping move halting all construction of offshore wind.

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