Republican Commerce Department issues stop-work order for offshore wind project that is 80% complete

The order follows a Thursday announcement from the US Commerce Department that it had initiated an investigation on August 13 into “the effects on the national security of imports of wind turbines and their parts and components,” which could allow Trump to apply increased tariffs to wind turbines.

In a company announcement on Friday, Orsted said that Revolution Wind is already 80 percent complete. It is located in federal waters about 15 miles south of Port Judith, Rhode Island, halfway between Block Island, Rhode Island, and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.