Sept 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday will

consider a request by Danish offshore wind developer Orsted

to restart work on the nearly finished Revolution

Wind project, which President Donald Trump's administration

halted last month.

Orsted and its joint venture partner Skyborn Renewables are

asking Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in

Washington to grant a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit they

filed earlier this month challenging the U.S. Interior

Department's stop-work order.

Revolution Wind is located 15 miles off the coast of Rhode

Island and, once completed, is expected to produce enough

electricity to power 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and

Connecticut.

The court's decision is critical for Orsted, which has said

it is losing $2 million a day while the project is stopped. The

company has invested or committed $5 billion to Revolution Wind,

which was permitted in 2023 by the administration of former U.S.

President Joe Biden.

The Trump administration has been working to stop the

offshore wind industry because Trump regards the projects as

ugly, expensive and unreliable.

Federal attorneys opposed Orsted's request for an

injunction, saying in court documents this month that the

project has failed to comply with some conditions of its permit.

Those requirements include coordinating with the Navy to

mitigate risks to military operations and with the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on avoiding impacts to

scientific surveys.

Revolution Wind has argued that the administration did not

follow formal procedures to address noncompliance, and said it

has satisfied the permit requirements.

The company has also said the administration's specific

concerns were only raised after it issued the stop-work order to

justify its decision in litigation.

The August 22 order by the Interior Department's Bureau of

Ocean Energy Management initially referenced unspecified

national security concerns.