Renewable energy groups asked a federal judge to order the US Defense Department to lift its freeze on approvals of wind energy projects that has threatened billions of dollars of investments.
The Pentagon has stopped reviews of wind farms to determine whether they interfere with military operations, a process that previously had been conducted in a timely fashion, the groups said in a filing Friday in Oregon federal court.
“The result has been an effective freeze on utility-scale land-based wind projects” requiring Defense Department review, according to the filing. The groups said more than 100 projects across 25 states area ...