Ørsted's Sunrise Wind to Initiate Legal Proceedings Against US Suspension

MT Newswires · 2d ago
11:19 PM EST, 01/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Ørsted (ORSTED.CO) Sunrise Wind subsidiary will formally file a complaint with a US court against a government order suspending its construction, according to a Wednesday filing. The Danish wind power company is looking to block the implementation of the lease suspension order that the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued in December 2025 against its offshore wind project, arguing that the order violates applicable law and risks substantial harm to the project. Sunrise Wind maintained that it secured all necessary permits to develop the project and has worked with various government agencies throughout the application process. So far, the development is nearly 45% completed and expected to commence electricity generation as early as October.