The offshore wind farm Revolution Wind, which Ørsted co-owns, has begun supplying power to the New England grid in the northeastern United States. Revolution Wind is expected to supply more than 350,000 American households and businesses with electricity when it is completed. Ørsted writes this in a press release.
The offshore wind project was put on hold in December following an order from the US Department of the Interior. The argument at the time was from the US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, that the order was due to national security considerations.
According to the news agency Reuters, the ministry said that the Pentagon had expressed concern that the movement of wind turbine blades and reflective towers could cause radar interference.
In January, Ørsted announced that the company had filed a complaint against the order in court. On January 12, a judge in a federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled that the company could resume work on the offshore wind farm.
Revolution Wind is being built by Ørsted in collaboration with the company Skyborn Renewables.
Ørsted is also in the process of building another offshore wind farm off the east coast of the United States - Sunrise Wind. The project was also put on hold by the US administration, but work has, as with Revolution Wind, been resumed based on a decision from a US court.
The US government has announced that it will appeal both decisions that have allowed Ørsted to resume work on the offshore wind projects.
The construction halt on the offshore wind projects has cost Ørsted around one billion kroner. This was stated in the company's annual accounts, which were presented in February. It was stated here that it had led to a total write-down of 1.1 billion kroner. Ørsted had a turnover of just over 73.2 billion in 2025. That was 2 billion more than in 2024.
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