The Department of Defense must resume reviews of wind energy projects, a federal judge in Oregon ordered Thursday.
At least 125 utility-scale wind projects across 25 states have been stuck in limbo because of a freeze on wind project reviews at the Pentagon, according to a group of trade associations, wind energy companies and environmental organizations that sued over the delays under the Administrative Procedure Act.
The review freeze has caused a “total halt of all wind project development in the United States,” the plaintiffs said in their complaint.