Orsted files lawsuit against US suspension of wind turbine leases

The US Interior Department on December 22 said it had paused leases for all five of the country's offshore wind projects under construction, citing unspecified national security risks and casting new doubt over the future of an industry detested by President Donald Trump. Orsted has a 50 percent stake in the Revolution Wind project alongside a renewables infrastructure developer that is part of the BlackRock investment group. The park of 65 turbines off the coast of Rhode Island is 87 percent complete...