司法部请求法院发回重审 Revolution Wind 海上风电许可 两党许可改革协议再受考验
罗得岛州外海——美国司法部10月9日向哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院提交文件，请求法院将内政部2023年11月批准的 Revolution Wind 海上风电项目施工与运营计划（COP）发回内政部重审，以便重新评估该批准是否符合《外大陆架土地法》。司法部在文件中称，内政部同意发回重审；文件指出，原批准对项目可能给相关海域渔业、休闲等「其他用途」造成的「中度至重大不利影响」说明不足。据彭博法律报道，司法部同时请求法院就原告针对国家海洋渔业局与美国陆军工程兵团的诉求作出有利于原告的简易判决。
该案由罗得岛州组织「绿色海洋」（Green Oceans）于2024年1月提起，该组织同时质疑联邦政府对 Revolution Wind 与 South Fork Wind 两个项目的批准，案件由联邦法官罗伊斯·兰伯斯审理。Revolution Wind 位于罗得岛州与康涅狄格州外海，装机704兆瓦，由丹麦沃旭能源（Ørsted）与全球基础设施合伙公司（GIP）旗下 Skyborn Renewables 五五合资开发，总投资约62亿美元，共65台风机。项目今年3月14日开始向新英格兰电网送电，沃旭9月17日确认最后一台风机安装完成；全面投运后，预计可为罗得岛州与康涅狄格州超过35万户家庭和企业供电。
这是特朗普政府第三次对该项目采取行动。2025年8月，内政部在项目完成约八成时下达停工令，兰伯斯法官随后发布初步禁令，工程得以恢复；2025年12月，内政部以风机可能干扰雷达、涉及国家安全为由，一并暂停包括本项目在内的五个在建海上风电项目，法院2026年初再次发布禁令，项目于1月恢复施工。
罗得岛州联邦参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯与参议院能源与自然资源委员会民主党首席议员马丁·海因里希就此发表联合声明称：「坦率地说，我们需要把许可确定性写入法律，这件事正说明了这一点。在此期间，政府需要开始在风电许可上展现诚意的进展。」内政部发言人回应称，该文件只是遵守法庭简报时间表，并非宣布政策变化，内政部的立场在本届政府期间始终一致，不应被误读为对海上风电态度的转变。白宫国家能源主导委员会执行主任贾罗德·阿根在社交媒体上表示，这起诉讼是当地社区针对拜登政府提起的旧案，白宫仍然支持许可改革，期待参议院就相关历史性立法进行表决。沃旭能源周二拒绝置评。
此次提交发生在两党许可改革协议达成数周之后。今年9月底，两党参议员达成许可改革协议，协议包括政府不再阻挠部分已完全获批的风电与太阳能项目推进的保证，相关法案表决预计推迟至11月中期选举之后的会期。业内人士表示，发回重审的请求本身不会立即影响项目运行，但相关法律程序可能延续到明年初，并给该协议的落实带来疑问。（来源：彭博社／彭博法律、The Hill、Canary Media 对10月9日法庭文件及各方声明的报道）
DOJ Asks Court to Remand Revolution Wind Offshore Permit for Reassessment, Testing Bipartisan Permitting Deal
OFF RHODE ISLAND — The U.S. Department of Justice asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on October 9 to remand the Interior Department's November 2023 approval of the Revolution Wind offshore wind project's construction and operations plan (COP) back to the agency, so it can reevaluate whether the approval complies with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. In the filing, the Justice Department said Interior agrees a remand is warranted, faulting the original approval for failing to adequately explain the project's potential "moderate to major adverse impacts" on other uses of the area, such as fishing and recreation. According to Bloomberg Law, the government also asked the court to grant the plaintiffs summary judgment on their claims against the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The case was filed in January 2024 by Green Oceans, a Rhode Island-based group that also challenged the federal approvals of Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind; it is before U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth. Revolution Wind, located off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut, is a 704-megawatt project developed as a 50-50 joint venture between Denmark's Orsted and Skyborn Renewables, owned by Global Infrastructure Partners, with a total investment of about $6.2 billion and 65 turbines. The project began delivering power to the New England grid on March 14, and Orsted confirmed on September 17 that the final turbine had been installed. Once fully operational, it is expected to supply electricity to more than 350,000 homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
It is the third time the Trump administration has moved against the project. In August 2025, Interior ordered work stopped when the project was about 80 percent complete; Judge Lamberth later issued a preliminary injunction and construction resumed. In December 2025, Interior suspended five offshore wind projects under construction, including Revolution Wind, citing potential turbine interference with radar and national security concerns; a court again issued an injunction in early 2026, and work resumed in January.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Senator Martin Heinrich, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, responded in a joint statement: "Frankly, we need to get permitting certainty in law, and this proves it. In the meantime, the administration needs to start showing good faith progress on wind permits." An Interior Department spokesperson said the filing merely complies with a court briefing schedule and does not announce a policy change, adding that the department's position has remained consistent throughout this administration and should not be misconstrued as a shift in its approach to offshore wind. Jarrod Agen, executive director of the White House National Energy Dominance Council, said on social media that the lawsuit is an old case brought by the local community against the Biden administration, that the White House still supports permitting reform, and that he looks forward to a Senate vote on the legislation. Orsted declined to comment on Tuesday.
The filing comes weeks after a bipartisan permitting reform deal was reached in late September. The agreement included assurances that the administration would stop blocking some fully permitted wind and solar projects from moving ahead, with a vote on the legislation expected after the November midterm elections. Industry observers say the remand request does not immediately affect the project's operations, but the legal process could stretch into early next year and raises questions about whether the deal will hold. (Sources: Bloomberg/Bloomberg Law, The Hill and Canary Media reporting on the October 9 court filing and statements by the parties.)
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