The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has issued a decision to allow Vineyard Wind to resume full activities in its lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf. 

On January 15, 2026, Vineyard Wind filed a legal challenge to the suspension order issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on December 22, 2025. The Court’s decision today stays BOEM’s suspension order.  As the legal process proceeds, Vineyard Wind will continue to work with the Administration to understand the matters raised in the Order.

Vineyard Wind will focus on working in coordination with its contractors, the federal government, and other relevant stakeholders and authorities to safely restart activities, as it continues to deliver a critical source of new power to the New England region.

Vinyard Wind is an offshore wind development company 50 percent owned by funds of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50 percent owned by Avangrid Renewables.

In May 2021, the company received approval for the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project - the first large-scale, offshore wind project in the United States.

Avangrid Renewables
Avangrid Renewables, LLC is a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. and part of the IBERDROLA Group. It is a leading renewable energy company in the United States, owning and operating a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities primarily using wind power. IBERDROLA, S.A., is an energy pioneer with the largest renewable asset base of any company in the world.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) 
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a fund management company founded in 2012 by senior executives from the energy industry. CIP and its executives have developed some of the biggest offshore wind projects in the world, and CIP has raised four infrastructure funds investing in offshore wind and several other renewable technologies plus offshore power transmission assets in North America, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, and Germany.

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