Business Network for Offshore Wind

BOEM designates new Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reported Friday that it had finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. Announcement of the new WEAs follows the first-ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale in August this year.

hat sale included three lease areas covering a total of over 300,000 acres: one area off the coast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and two others off the coast of Galveston, Texas. It produced only one winning bid. RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC was the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-designates-new-gulf-of-mexico-wind-energy-areas/

New York offshore wind: “Back on track”

Earlier this month, the news coming out of New York on offshore wind was causing some dismay. The New York State Public Service Commission denied petitions submitted by Empire Offshore Wind, Beacon Wind, Sunrise Wind and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Inc. (ACENY) that sought to address inflationary pressures impacting project economics through adjustments to Renewable Energy Credit (REC) and Offshore Wind REC (OREC) purchase and sales agreements entered with the New York State Energy...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/new-york-offshore-wind-back-on-track/

Plans for Gulf of Maine offshore wind advance

Moving ahead on plans for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday identified a Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) there, opening a 30-day public review and comment period.

The draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately 23 to 120 miles off the coast.

While BOEM sees the Gulf of Maine as having significant opportunities for offshore wind energy development, the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/plans-for-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-advance/

Great Lakes Dredge to design first Jones Act-compliant vessel for offshore wind subsea rock installation

Great Lakes Dredge & DockCorp. announced today it is moving forward with the design and development of the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act inclined fall pipe vessel for subsea rock installation.

The vessel represents a critical advancement in building the future of the new U.S. offshore wind industry, including establishing a U.S.-based rock supply chain network spanning eastern seaboard states with active offshore wind leases, the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based dredgiing company said.

Pending...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/great-lakes-dredge-to-design-first-jones-act-compliant-vessel-for-subsea-rock-installation/

Biden administration would boost offshore wind

An incoming administration under president-elect Joe Biden will bring strong support to the emerging U.S. offshore wind energy industry, likely paving the way for additional federal lease offerings, according to industry analysts.

“For the offshore wind industry, a President Biden is a far more positive development,” said Sarah Vilms of Squire Patton Boggs, a law and lobbying firm with offices in Washington, D.C.

With his intent to return the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement vacated by...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/biden-administration-would-boost-offshore-wind/

Offshore wind job fair set for Aug. 18

The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Offshore wind energy developers will be recruiting at a first-ever U.S. job fair for the industry, an Aug. 18 virtual event hosted by the Business Network for Offshore Wind.

It’s part of the non-profit group’s International Partnership Forum, an annual conference that this year moved to online as a result of covid-19. The OSW CareerMatch Job Fair will feature companies leading the emerging U.S. offshore wind market, including Dominion Energy, Principal Power, Siemens Gamesa, MHI Vestas and Avangr...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-job-fair-set-for-aug-18/

Offshore wind advocates, fishermen push last arguments for BOEM study

The Rhode Island-based fishing vessel Virginia Marise near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

With the public comment period closing near midnight, advocacy groups for the offshore wind and commercial fishing industries marshaled their supporters for a last push to influence federal regulators.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is closing the 45-day comment period on its supplemental environmental impact statement for the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project proposed off southern New England. With the clock ticking to 11:59 p.m. Monday, a coalition of East Coast fishermen and seafood...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-advocates-fishermen-push-last-arguments-for-boem-study/

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/

BOEM issues new draft environmental statement on Vineyard Wind

urbines at the Deepwater Wind array off Block Island, R.I. Department of Energy photo.

A long-anticipated Bureau of Ocean Energy Management study of the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind offshore energy project – broadened to examine potential impacts of similar projects from Maine to Georgia – has been released for a 45-day public comment period.

The draft supplemental environmental impact statement acknowledges Vineyard Wind and other planned wind turbine arrays will have major impacts on the commercial fishing industry. That aspect was flagged as a failing of an earlier impact...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-issues-new-draft-environmental-statement-on-vineyard-wind/

BOEM considers virtual public comment on Vineyard Wind study

Power from the Vineyard Wind project would be transmitted by undersea cable between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket north to Cape Cod. Vineyard Wind image.

A wider federal study of the Vineyard Wind project and cumulative impacts of offshore wind development off the East Coast is holding to schedule despite the coronavirus crisis, with a decision expected by December, a top federal official said Tuesday.

With their offices closed, federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reviewers are working remotely to compile findings toward a final environmental impact statement for the 804-megawatt Vineyard Wind project off southern New England, said James...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-considers-virtual-public-comment-on-vineyard-wind-study/

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