Empire Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of Equinor, has been notified by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of the US Department of the Interior that the stop-work order for its Empire Wind project has been lifted.

Sunset Park moves ahead with plans for a “just transition” after the Trump administration lifts its stop-work order on the Empire Wind energy project.

Construction on the Empire Wind project, a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York, is set to resume following the lifting of a federal stop work order issued last month, according

Just this week, notes OMSA, we saw how this system can work effectively with the launch of the ECO Liberty, an American-built, American-crewed, state-of-the-art plug-in hybrid SOV built by Edison Chouest Offshore in Louisiana and Mississippi shipyards specifically for the Empire Wind project.

The U.S. Interior Department lifted a stop-work order issued last month for the Empire Wind 1 project near Long Island.

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pointed to an update on its Empire Wind website saying its order to halt all work on the $7 billion project has been lifted "during the ongoing review" of the project's potential environmental impacts.

The Empire Wind project off the coast of New York can restart construction, about a month after the Trump administration abruptly issued a stop work order. The project was reportedly bleeding $50 million a week during the pause as President Trump waged his war against windmills.