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

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."

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