“Our intention is to land this project in New London, Connecticut,” said Rick Musiol of Vineyard Wind. The proposal is expected to generate 6.2 gigawatts of clean energy.

The Empire Wind 1 project by Norway-based Equinor starts more than 15 miles south of Long Island and would consist of 54 huge wind turbines to power the equivalent of 500,000 New York homes.

President Donald Trump has lifted a federal halt on Equinor's Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm off the coast of New York.. The Context. The U.S. Department of the Interior imposed the stop-work ...

New York's Empire Wind project is back on 00:24. Empire Wind, New York's $2.5 billion offshore wind farm project, is back on after the Trump administration lifted a stop-work order.

The 54-turbine project just south of Long Island is about to begin installation. Empire Wind 1 is a 810-megawatt ocean wind project that would power New York City's electric grid.

The day after a big offshore wind project returned from the dead, all anyone in New York wanted to talk about was gas. President Donald Trump’s sudden decision Monday to reverse course and lift ...

The administration reversed course and will allow the Empire Wind project to proceed after lobbying by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Norwegian energy firm Equinor. Updated May 19, 2025 4 min ...