Overview
- The pause covers Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind off Massachusetts, Rhode Island/Connecticut, New York, and Virginia.
- Officials say moving blades and reflective towers can create radar clutter that hinders threat detection and navigation near dense coastal corridors.
- The suspension will remain until the Defense Department and other agencies complete assessments and propose technical mitigations.
- Democratic leaders and industry groups call the move unjustified and warn of higher energy costs, union job losses, and grid risks, while Dominion argues its CVOW project was coordinated with the Pentagon and poses no security threat.
- Investors sold offshore-wind stocks, with Ørsted down more than 12% and Dominion off about 5.5%, and the action follows a federal court ruling two weeks earlier that struck down a broader wind leasing halt as unlawful.