The Interior Department on Friday halted construction on Ørsted’s Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island’s coast.
Why it matters: It’s another sign of the Trump administration’s hostility to offshore wind and comes after it issued — then lifted — a stop-work order on a major wind project under construction off New York’s coast.
Driving the news: Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued an order saying Ørsted needed to halt ongoing work on Revolution Wind and that “you may not resume activities until BOEM informs you that BOEM has completed its necessary review.”
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