Ørsted seeks to force American officials to allow it to finish a $1.5bn project near Rhode Island

Orsted asked the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to set aside the stop-work order, calling it "unlawful" and "issued in bad faith."

Ørsted seeks to force American officials to allow it to finish a $1.5bn project near Rhode Island

Revolution Wind challenges US government's stop work order against project with $5bn already spent or committed and further $1bn bill if cancelled

A Danish wind power company filed suit against the President Donald Trump administration Thursday to reverse a stop-work order on its nearly completed project.

The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.

Danish energy group Orsted on Friday received approval from shareholders for its $9.4 billion rights issue.