Revolution Wind to file preliminary injunction against Trump lease halt

In a 2 January 2026 statement, the company said the complaint will be followed by a motion for a preliminary injunction. The US Department of the Interior announced on 22 December 2025 that it was pausing leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects that are under construction in the US due to what it claimed were "national security risks". 

In the statement, Revolution Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted, said, “While Revolution Wind continues to seek to work constructively with the administration and other stakeholders towards an expeditious and durable resolution of this matter, it believes that the lease suspension order violates applicable law. 

“As was the case with the August 2025 stop-work order, the Revolution Wind project faces substantial harm from a continuation of the lease suspension order. As a result, litigation is a necessary step to protect the rights of the project.

“Revolution Wind secured all required federal and state permits in 2023, following extensive reviews that began more than nine years ago. As a requirement of the permitting process, the project engaged in years-long consultation with the US Department of Defense [War] Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to address potential impacts to national security and defence capabilities from the construction and operation of the project.

“Those consultations resulted in a fully executed formal agreement between the Department of War, the Department of the Air Force, and Revolution Wind outlining mitigation measures by the project.”

Revolution Wind said it has spent and committed billions of dollars in reliance upon, and has met the requests of, a thorough review process. Additional federal reviews and approvals included the US Coast Guard, US Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fisheries Service, and many other agencies.

The Revolution Wind project is at an advanced stage of construction and is expected to be ready to deliver reliable, affordable power to American homes in 2026. The project, now approximately 87% complete, has already installed all offshore foundations and 58 of 65 wind turbines. Export cable installation is complete, and both offshore substations have been installed. At the time of the lease suspension order, the project was expected to begin generating power as soon as this month. 

Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables said the project will strengthen electric grid reliability as a critical part of the northeast energy supply, which is crucial to meeting growing energy demand. It is set to provide affordable power to more than 350,000 homes in 2026 under 20-year power purchase agreements with utilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island. This includes supporting the growing power needs of data centres and AI, with experts, including ISO-NE, the independent grid operator, warning that halting the project may increase electricity costs and lower reliability for the region.

The companies also noted that Revolution Wind has supported thousands of American jobs across construction, operations, shipbuilding and manufacturing, including more than 1,000 union jobs that have already contributed 2M union work hours to the project. 

Sunrise Wind LLC, a separate project and wholly owned subsidiary of Ørsted that also received a lease suspension order on 22 December 2025, continues to evaluate all options to resolve the matter, including engagement with relevant agencies and stakeholders and considering legal proceedings.