Equinor Wins Ruling to Resume Wind Project Halted by Trump

A US judge ruled Equinor ASA can resume building its multibillion-dollar wind project near New York, marking the second time this week a federal court has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a halt on offshore developments.

Equinor’s Empire Wind project would likely suffer “imminent irreparable harm” from further delays while its legal fight over the government’s stop-work order plays out in court, US District Judge Carl J. Nichols said in a ruling Thursday. The Stavanger, Norway-based company had argued it would likely have to cancel the project, which is 60% complete and intended to supply more than 500,000 New York homes by 2027.