A federal judge cleared Vineyard Wind to restart construction, adding to a growing list of offshore wind projects beating Trump’s stop-work orders.

January 27, 2026: A federal judge in Boston just handed the offshore wind industry another big win: the 806-megawatt Vineyard Wind, which is 95% complete and already sending power to the grid, can resume construction after US District Judge Brian Murphy granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s stop-work order that froze the project in late December. Murphy found that Vineyard Wind showed a strong likelihood of success on the merits and would face irreparable harm if construction remained paused while the case proceeds.

The decision marks the fourth federal court setback for the administration’s offshore wind pause. Judges have now cleared Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind, Empire Wind, and the massive Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project to resume construction, despite the Interior Department’s national security justification for halting work.

Judge Murphy said the Interior Department failed to “adequately explain or justify the decision to halt construction.”

January 15, 2026: US offshore wind continues to fight back against Trump’s attacks. Following a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, DC, today allowing New York’s Empire Wind to resume construction, now Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts has filed for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary Injunction, challenging the suspension order issued by the Department of the Interior on December 22.

A 50-50 joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Vineyard Wind filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

January 12, 2026: Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled today that the US Department of the Interior’s suspension order of Revolution Wind was “arbitrary and capricious,” in violation of federal law, and that construction can resume.

Lamberth stated that the Interior Department did not adequately explain how Revolution Wind posed a security risk.

Ørsted said it would resume construction as soon as possible.

January 2: On January 1, Revolution Wind filed a supplemental complaint in federal court in Washington, DC, challenging the Interior Department’s December 22 lease suspension order. Today, Equinor’s Empire Wind followed with its own lawsuit, also seeking a preliminary injunction that would allow construction to continue while the case plays out.