Revolution Wind to file preliminary injunction against Trump lease suspension

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Revolution Wind, LLC has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, pushing back against the Trump administration’s December 22 lease suspension order.

The action against the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be followed by a preliminary injunction, according to Revolution Wind representative Duffy and Shanley.

The statement from Duffy and Shanley said, in part:

Revolution Wind secured all required federal and state permits in 2023, following extensive reviews that began more than nine years ago. As a requirement of the permitting process, the Project engaged in years-long consultation with the U.S. Department of Defense [War] Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to address potential impacts to national security and defense capabilities from construction through to operation of the Project.

The statement goes on to cite additional reviews and approvals from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies.

The turbines were expected to begin generating electricity for the Rhode Island and Connecticut regions as soon as January of 2026 at the time of the administration’s action, according to the statement.

The Trump administration suspended the lease citing “national security” concerns on December 22.

A Department of the Interior statement said that the wind farm turbines create radar interference called “clutter.”

“The clutter caused by offshore wind projects obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false targets in the vicinity of the wind projects,” said the statement.