Shell and EDF joint venture Atlantic Shores has been dealt another blow, this time by the appeals division of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
The appeals board, which reviews and adjudicates complaints to the EPA, has directed the EPA to review an air quality permit previously issued to the project, which has a capacity of up to 2.8GW.
The appeals board, had been reviewing an October complaint from a group opposed to offshore wind development when the EPA itself filed a February motion to reconsider its own permit, based on President Donald Trump’s January directive to review all existing permitting practices for offshore wind.
The project has been on hold since the cancellation of New Jersey’s fourth solicitation in February and Shell’s decision to halt investments in the US.