U.S. Orders Halt to Empire Wind Construction

April 19, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After suspending offshore leases for wind energy, the U.S. government has ordered a halt to any construction activity already underway for the Empire Wind facility off the coast of Long Island.U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum took to the social media platform X to announce that he ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) "to immediately halt all construction activities on the Empire Wind p