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.

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."

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.