A major US offshore wind farm finishes construction despite two federal stop-work orders
Revolution Wind's last turbine is now installed off Rhode Island, completing a $6.2 billion project the Trump administration twice tried to halt before courts overturned the orders.
According to a piece published Friday by Dan McCarthy on Canary Media, the Revolution Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island has completed installation of all 65 of its turbines, finishing a $6.2 billion project despite two separate stop-work orders from the Trump administration. The 704-megawatt farm has been generating power at partial capacity since March and is expected to reach full output later this year.
The Interior Department issued a stop-work order in August 2025 citing unspecified national security concerns, which a federal court rejected the following month. A second round of halt orders targeting all five active US offshore wind projects, issued in late December, was similarly struck down by judges starting in January 2026, allowing construction to resume.
The project's completion comes as federal offshore wind forecasts have collapsed under the administration: projections of 39 gigawatts of US offshore wind capacity by 2035 made around the time of Trump's election have since been cut to just 6 gigawatts, limited to projects already underway. Beyond Revolution Wind, three other large projects are now operating or nearing completion, including the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm.
Dan McCarthy, Canary Media: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/revolution-installs-last-turbine-despite-trump
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