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The US government will fight the federal court decisions to grant preliminary injunctions in cases challenging the stop-work orders for offshore wind projects under construction, issued on 22 December 2025. The injunctions allowed the construction to resume while the underlying lawsuits are underway.
The US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, told Bloomberg Television the Department of the Interior (DOI) would appeal the rulings and added that, once the government shares classified reports in a court session, “there will be further discussion on this” .
Burgum reiterated national security risks as the DOI’s reason for the offshore wind construction halt, which primarily revolve around radar and sonar interference, but in the talk with Bloomberg, the US Interior Secretary also mentioned autonomous drones and autonomous “submarines” as the technology used in offshore wind that makes the country’s defence system vulnerable.
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The five projects affected by the suspension are Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial , Empire Wind 1 , Revolution Wind , Sunrise Wind , and Vineyard Wind 1 .
On 2 February, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted the preliminary injunction sought by Ørsted for its Sunrise Wind project, the last of the five halted projects to be granted the relief.
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