Judge Revives Martha’s Vineyard Wind Project Halted by Trump
Workers splice copper cables while building part of the onshore substation of the Vineyard Wind project in Hyannis, Massachusetts in 2022.
Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/BloombergA US judge said a nearly completed, $4.5 billion wind project off the coast of Massachusetts can resume construction weeks after the Trump administration required all such developments to stop work.
US District Judge Brian Murphy on Tuesday granted Vineyard Wind’s request for a preliminary injunction, effectively reviving the project, whose developers include Iberdrola SA unit Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.