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Associated Press: Lawsuits Buffet US Offshore Wind Projects

Associated Press reported Wednesday about a series of lawsuits that have been filed in U.S. courts in opposition to offshore wind projects. From the article:

Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation.

 

The court cases represent another hurdle the nascent industry must overcome, particularly along the East Coast where opposition to offshore wind farms is vocal and well-organized.

 

They add another pressure point for an industry already struggling with escalating prices, shaky supply chains, and a handful of highly publicized turbine failures that opponents are seizing on as proof that the structures are unreliable and unsafe, something the industry denies.

 

There are 13 cases pending in federal courts targeting offshore wind projects, according to the American Clean Power Association, an offshore wind trade group. An undetermined number of additional lawsuits are active in state courts, they said.

The story mentions the lawsuit filed by NLPC as co-plaintiff against the Biden administration and Dominion Energy, over plans to build an extensive offshore wind project off the coast of Virginia that would disrupt the migratory and breeding habitats of the right whale:

In March, The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group in Virginia, sued Dominion Energy and the federal government hoping to block a wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach. Dominion called the suit meritless and said it employs multiple layers of protection for the marine environment.

NLPC published a video earlier this year that explained our lawsuit in more detail — watch below:

You can read more about NLPC’s lawsuit here.

 

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Tags: Biden administration, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dominion Energy, renewable energy, whales, wind