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.

The Trump administration is allowing work on a major offshore wind project for New York to resume. The developer, the Norwegian energy company Equinor, said Monday it was told by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that the stop-work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume.

Empire Wind 1 may close up shop rather than pursue a potentially compelling legal case against the Trump administration’s stop-work order. The project’s fate highlights the economic and political risks that face the country’s offshore wind industry as President Donald Trump tries to tank clean energy development.