Orsted-Backed Wind Farm Should Remain on Pause, US Tells Judge

The Trump administration asked a judge to deny a request by an Orsted A/S-backed wind farm venture to let it resume construction during a lawsuit challenging a government stop-work order, with potentially billions of dollars of investments and hundreds of jobs at stake.

Revolution Wind LLC, co-owned by Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners, is seeking a preliminary injunction against an Aug. 22 stop-work order so it can finish the project off the coast of Rhode Island, which the company says is 80% complete. Revolution Wind had supported its request by saying the company had already spent $5 billion on the project and is now at risk of incurring an estimated $1 billion in breakaway costs.