The stop work order was issued on 16 April 2025.

Following dialogue with regulators and federal, state, and city officials, the stop work order has been lifted and construction activities will resume.

Equinor will perform an updated assessment of the project economics in the second quarter.

Empire aims to be able to execute planned activities in the offshore installation window in 2025 and reach its planned commercial operation date in 2027.

Empire will engage with suppliers and regulatory bodies to reduce the impact of the stop work order.

After a competitive process, the United States government first leased Empire a designated area of the outer continental shelf off the coast of New York in 2017.

After an extensive environmental review process, the United States government approved the plan to build a commercial offshore wind farm in early 2024, after which construction started.

Project financing was secured in 2024.

The project is currently more than 30 percent complete.

The Empire Wind project is sited in BOEM lease area OCS-A 0512, located in federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf in the New York Bight.

The lease area covers approximately 79,350 acres and lies about 14 miles (12 nautical miles) south of Long Island, New York, and roughly 17 miles east of Long Branch, New Jersey. ■