US Supreme Court rejects Vineyard Wind lawsuits

The US Supreme Court has dismissed a pair of challenges to the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners-Iberdrola joint venture 804MW Vineyard Wind 1 array. 

The first lawsuit against the wind farm, brought by Rhode Island-based commercial fishery Seafreeze Shoreside, was initially rejected by the US First Circuit Court of Appeals in December. 

The Supreme Court dismissed Seafreeze’s appeal on 5 May. 

The second challenge from Washington, D.C.-based Responsible Offshore Development Alliance was also initially dismissed by the US First Circuit Court of Appeals in December. 

Both lawsuits were supported by a number of interventions from anti-offshore wind groups. 

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