The US Supreme Court has declined to hear petitions from fisheries groups seeking to cancel federal approval of the under-construction 806MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore project off Massachusetts.
The cases were brought by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance – a fishing alliance formed out of opposition to offshore wind – and by seafood wholesaler Seafreeze Shoreside represented by the conservative legal group, Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF).
The justices declined without comment to hear the two petitions, as is standard.
“Of course, it’s not the result we wanted,” said TPPF senior attorney Ted Hadzi-Antich. “But we will continue to pursue our goal of shutting down the Vineyard Wind project by filing an administrative petition with the secretary of the interior, seeking re-evaluation of the legal and factual missteps of the Biden administration in approving a project that is so harmful to safety, the environment, and national defence.”
Plaintiffs have maintained that commercial fishing and endangered species were not properly factored into the Biden-era decision to approve the wind project.
Vineyard Wind – a joint venture of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid – declined to comment.
TPPF’s next move follows interior secretary Doug Burgum halting construction of Equinor’s 810MW Empire Wind 1 project off New York City in mid-April, marking the latest blow in a series of setbacks for the US offshore wind industry.
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