Like the Danish Ørsted, the offshore wind project Empire Wind, which belongs to the Norwegian oil and energy company Equinor, is complaining that US authorities have put the project on hold. Equinor said this in a press release according to the news agency NTB.
The lawsuit has been filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Here, Equinor wants to have an order from the US Department of the Interior to stop the Empire Wind project lifted. It was on December 22 that it emerged that US authorities had put a stop to a total of five offshore wind projects. The stop was justified on national security grounds.
- Equinor believes that the order is unlawful and that it threatens the progress of the ongoing work with significant consequences for the project, Equinor's press release states according to NTB.
According to Equinor, the project is over 60 percent complete.
On Friday, Ørsted announced that it is complaining that the offshore wind project Revolution Wind was put on hold in December. Revolution Wind is an offshore wind farm that Ørsted is building off the east coast of the United States.
- Revolution Wind believes that the order to suspend construction work is contrary to current legislation, it was stated in a statement from Ørsted.
The statement states that it still intends to find a "quick and sustainable solution" through constructive dialogue with, among others, the ministry.
Ørsted rose by 4.6 percent on the stock exchange on Friday in the wake of the announcement of the lawsuit. According to Ørsted, Revolution Wind is about 87 percent complete, and 58 out of 65 wind turbines have been set up.
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