The U.S. Department of the Interior on Aug. 22 directed Danish company Orsted to halt all construction on Revolution Wind, the offshore wind farm off Rhode Island that is nearing completion.
In a letter, acting Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Matthew Giacona ordered Orsted to suspend all activities on the project while officials conduct a review to address “concerns related to the protection of national security interests.”
The stop work order is also intended to prevent “interference with reasonable uses of the exclusive economic zone, the high seas, and the territorial seas,” the letter reads.
Giacona said Orsted “may not resume activities” until BOEM confirms that the review is complete, and that failure to comply with the order could prompt “corrective action.”…
Interior Department Halts $1.5 Billion Offshore Wind Project Off Rhode Island
