Wind developers were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s decision to pause major offshore wind projects on national security grounds.
One company, Orsted, which is developing Revolution Wind in Rhode Island alongside the company Skyborn Renewables, said in new court filings against the Trump administration that it met with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement — an Interior Department subagency — just six days before Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the 90-day pause.
The BSEE “never raised any national security concerns” during that meeting or other recent routine meetings, Orsted said in the filing.