Court Allows Interior To Review Biden-Era Offshore Wind Project Approval

In another loss for the wind sector, a district court judge is granting the Trump administration’s request to remand the Biden-era approval of an offshore wind energy project, offering the Interior Department a path to undo other existing wind project approvals that are under litigation. The Trump administration argues that under its new interpretation of a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), a Biden-era approval of SouthCoast Wind Energy’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP) might no longer...