Connecticut will defeat what Attorney General William Tong called “a new brazen attempt” from the administration of President Donald Trump to block construction of the Revolution Wind project on national security grounds. The U.S. Department of the Interior on Monday announced the federal government is pausing leases for Revolution Wind off the coast of southern New England and four other offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast over Pentagon concerns they would interfere with military radar systems. The pause announced Monday comes three months after a federal judge overturned a stop-work order on the Revolution Wind project that the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued in August. Construction on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm located 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut, resumed in October. It is nearly 85% complete. When up and running, the wind farm is expected to produce enough electricity to power about 325,000 homes.
Trump administration pauses Revolution Wind again; CT leaders defend offshore energy project
