Biggest Offshore Wind Project In US To Resume Construction (cnbc.com)
(Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:00AM (BeauHD)
from the suspension-lifted dept.)
- Reference: 0180604100
- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/0417254/biggest-offshore-wind-project-in-us-to-resume-construction
- Source link: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/biggest-offshore-wind-project-in-us-to-resume-construction-after-judge-lifts-trump-suspension.html
A federal judge has [1]temporarily lifted the Trump administration's suspension of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind , allowing construction on the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. to resume. CNBC reports:
> Judge Jamar Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion's request for a preliminary injunction Friday. Dominion called the Trump suspension "arbitrary and illegal" in its lawsuit. "Our team will now focus on safely restarting work to ensure CVOW begins delivery of critical energy in just weeks," a Dominion spokesperson told CNBC in a statement Friday. "While our legal challenge proceeds, we will continue seeking a durable resolution of this matter through cooperation with the federal government," the spokesperson said.
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> Dominion said in December that "stopping CVOW for any length of time will threaten grid reliability for some of the nation's most important war fighting, AI and civilian assets." Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is a 176-turbine project that would provide enough power for more than 600,000 homes, according to Dominion. It is scheduled to start dispatching power by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
In December, the Trump administration [2]paused the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the U.S., blaming the decisions on a classified report from the Department of Defense.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/biggest-offshore-wind-project-in-us-to-resume-construction-after-judge-lifts-trump-suspension.html
[2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2133214/us-blocks-all-offshore-wind-construction-says-reason-is-classified
> Judge Jamar Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion's request for a preliminary injunction Friday. Dominion called the Trump suspension "arbitrary and illegal" in its lawsuit. "Our team will now focus on safely restarting work to ensure CVOW begins delivery of critical energy in just weeks," a Dominion spokesperson told CNBC in a statement Friday. "While our legal challenge proceeds, we will continue seeking a durable resolution of this matter through cooperation with the federal government," the spokesperson said.
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> Dominion said in December that "stopping CVOW for any length of time will threaten grid reliability for some of the nation's most important war fighting, AI and civilian assets." Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is a 176-turbine project that would provide enough power for more than 600,000 homes, according to Dominion. It is scheduled to start dispatching power by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
In December, the Trump administration [2]paused the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the U.S., blaming the decisions on a classified report from the Department of Defense.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/biggest-offshore-wind-project-in-us-to-resume-construction-after-judge-lifts-trump-suspension.html
[2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2133214/us-blocks-all-offshore-wind-construction-says-reason-is-classified
So, why can't we look at the evidence? (Score:2)
by Epeeist ( 2682 )
> blaming the decisions on a classified report from the Department of Defense
What's the difference between "not being able to see the evidence" and "the evidence does not exist"?
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by TheMiddleRoad ( 1153113 )
With Trump, it depends.
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by jsonn ( 792303 )
On whether it hurts him personally? The Epstein files certainly exist, but we still can't see all of it.
Good (Score:2, Insightful)
Fuck that orange asshole and everyone who voted for him
Re: (Score:1)
Oh come on. Fuck your karma. Post under your real account, coward.
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How much you wanna bet he gave his own coward post karma?
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well, if you think he was a coward, I'll just repeat what he said: Fuck that orange asshole and everyone who voted for him
And for good measure I'll add: Fuck the piece of turd orange-utan in chief, and all the brainwashed imbeciles who voted for him. Good enough for ya doll?