The company Revolution Wind, of which Ørsted is a part, is suing the Trump administration in an attempt to resume construction of a nearly completed American offshore wind farm.
This is shown in a court document on Thursday, writes Bloomberg, according to MarketWire and the news agency Reuters. Ørsted confirms to Ritzau that the company Revolution Wind is filing a lawsuit against the administration.
The US government blocked the Revolution Wind project last month.
With the lawsuit, the company is seeking to have the decision to stop the project declared illegal, according to MarketWire.
- The project faces significant damage from the continued order to stop work, therefore filing a lawsuit is a necessary step, writes Revolution Wind in a press release.
The wind turbine project, located off the state of Rhode Island, is 80 percent complete, according to the company, and Reuters writes that it was set to open next year.
Rhode Island and the neighboring state of Connecticut have also chosen to sue the Trump administration for the order to stop the project. This is reported by Reuters.
Player with the big muscles
Ørsted had "no other choice" than to sue the administration together with Revolution Wind. This is the opinion of Per Hansen, an investment economist at Nordnet.
- Ørsted is playing with the same muscles and rules that Donald Trump and his administration have demonstrated. And so Ørsted must hope that they will draw the longest straw, says Per Hansen.
Trump has repeatedly criticized wind turbines for being an unreliable energy source and for being ugly to have standing in the landscape.
Ørsted's offshore wind turbine project is far from the only one that has been affected by changed measures from the US President, Donald Trump.
At the end of August, the US government canceled $679 million in federal support for a total of 12 offshore wind projects. This corresponds to just over 4.3 billion kroner.
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