Danish renewable energy company Orsted will restart work "as soon as possible" on a wind farm off the coast of New England, after a federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a stop work order.
"Revolution Wind will resume impacted construction work as soon as possible, with safety as the top priority," Orsted said in a statement Monday.
The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ordered Orsted on Aug. 22 to halt construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The project is fully permited and 80% complete. It would provide power for more than 350,000 homes.
Orsted and its partner Skyborn Renewables filed a lawsuit against Interior that asked the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to