Offshore wind developers, designers size up first U.S. SOVs

The 269'x59' VARD 4 04 SOV design will be capable of accommodating up to 40 offshore wind technicians with all their equipment at sea for sustained work periods. Vard Marine US image.

With Dominion Energy’s completion of the first two offshore wind turbines on a federal lease, the Virginia-based power company and its partner Ørsted are looking to have the first U.S.-built wind turbine installation vessel – essential to building offshore wind turbine projects – designed and built for a planned 2.6 gigawatt array off Virginia.

“It would be an option for our project, particularly when we get to these larger turbines,” said Mark Mitchell, vice president of generator construction...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-developers-designers-size-up-first-u-s-sovs/

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