Ørsted's two offshore wind farms, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind, off the US East Coast, will comply with the orders issued by the US Department of the Interior on Monday and take the necessary steps to suspend all related activities. Ørsted writes in a press release.
In addition, the company will consider possible legal steps together with its partners, it appears. This comes after the US Department of the Interior announced that lease contracts for five offshore wind farms will be put on hold.
In addition, a dialogue will be entered into with the part of the US State Department responsible for wind energy regarding the order. The order means that activities must be stopped for the next 90 days.
This is to give the US authorities the opportunity to assess security risks.
National security was the reason why the lease contracts were put on hold on Monday. This was explained by US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on X. In the same place, he called the offshore wind farms expensive, unreliable and heavily subsidized.
In response, Ørsted writes in the press release that the two offshore wind farms Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind will be ready to deliver "reliable and affordable electricity" to Americans.
- Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind have received all necessary regulatory approvals, both at the local and state level, after an extensive year-long review, the company writes.
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