Nach Gerichtsentscheidungen dürfen in den #USA mehrere #Offshore-#Windparks weitergebaut werden, nachdem die #Trump-Regierung deren Arbeiten aus angeblichen Sicherheitsgründen gestoppt hatte.

Projekte von #Ørsted, #Equinor und #DominionEnergy im Atlantikraum sind teils weit fortgeschritten und sollen bis Ende 2026 mehrere Gigawatt #Windstrom liefern.

Die Unterbrechungen hatten Millionenverluste verursacht und die #Stromversorgung an der US-Ostküste gefährdet.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/american-offshore-wind-farms-court-victories

America’s offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories

Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy have resumed construction on their massive offshore wind projects, nearly a month after Trump forced them to hit…

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Federal judge rules Dominion Energy can resume construction on Virginia Beach offshore wind farm

Dominion’s victory is the third this week for offshore wind developers along the East Coast, who each challenged the Trump administration’s recent stop-work order.

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Drei Offshore-#Windkraftentwickler verklagen die #Trump-Regierung, nachdem das Innenministerium am 22. Dezember 2025 den Bau von fünf Projekten mit einem Gesamtwert von 25 Milliarden US-Dollar gestoppt hat.

Die Anlagen sollten zusammen 6 Gigawatt Strom erzeugen. Betroffen sind unter anderem #Ørsted, #Equinor und #DominionEnergy.

Als Begründung nennt das Ministerium Sicherheitsbedenken wegen möglicher #Radarstörungen durch #Windkraftanlagen.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/offshore-wind-developers-sue-trump-administration-for-halting-25b-in-projects/

#Klimapolitik #USA

Offshore wind developers sue Trump administration for halting $25B in projects | TechCrunch

The lawsuits seek to reverse the Department of the Interior's stop-work order, which affected five offshore wind projects off the Eastern Seaboard.

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https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-dominion-energy-offshore-wind-project-lawsuit-complaint/291-517ca403-b102-46e6-9def-90ac787b401b “even short delays could ripple through the project’s tightly scheduled construction timeline, potentially adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs that could ultimately affect ratepayers” #CVOW #DominionEnergy #wind #climate #jobs #USPolitics #energy #shortage #inflation
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https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/trump-virginia-offshore-wind-dominion-energy/291-880e881f-2dbc-4223-8114-28c35127c9ae “the decision puts billions in private investment at risk, threatens thousands of good-paying jobs in a veteran-heavy region, undermines energy security, and damages U.S. credibility” #Virginia #USPolitics #energy #jobs #DominionEnergy #wind #shortage #inflation #CVOW
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https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-deciding-whether-reconsider-approval-virginia-offshore-wind-project-2025-12-17/ “The company has installed all 176 monopiles, or wind turbine foundations, has lain deepwater cables and completed one of three offshore substations” #USPolitics #wind #Virginia #shortage #energy #inflation #DominionEnergy #CVOW