PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration has halted construction of Revolution Wind , the $4 billion wind farm being built south of the Rhode Island coast that has already installed 45 of its 65 turbines.

In a letter sent on Friday, Aug. 22, to Ørsted, the Danish company that is a partner on the joint venture developing the project, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ordered a stop to all ongoing activities related to the 704-megawatt wind farm that has contracts to deliver power to Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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