ALBANY — Although a federal judge ruled last week that Norwegian energy firm Equinor can resume construction on the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Island, the windfall of business opportunities local ports were supposed to enjoy from the $5 billion project appear to have dried up.
Empire Wind 1 is being built about 20 miles off the coast of Long Island by Equinor, which has a power-purchase agreement in place with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA, to buy the power.
The Trump administration issued a stop-work order on the project in December. When a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction against the government last week, Equinor said the project, which includes 54 wind turbines that are 884 feet tall, was 60 percent complete. The construction phase includes 4,000 workers…