Empire Wind 1 would have been the first offshore wind project to deliver electricity directly to New York City.

The Trump administration has lifted a month-old stop-work order on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York, in a compromise with the state that could also see cancelled plans for a gas pipeline revived,

Norwegian energy company Equinor said it was told by federal officials that the stop-work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume off the shore of Long Islan