Deepwater Wind

Capacity issues loom for East Coast wind developers

Off the New Jersey coast, the bright red hull of the Fugro Enterprise has become a familiar sight to commercial fishermen who pull shellfish dredges and tend gillnets.

Plodding along at around 4 knots, the 170’x40’x11′ survey vessel is making detailed geotechnical surveys for the Ocean Wind energy project, planned by Ørsted to accommodate towering wind turbines that would supply New Jersey with its first 1,100 megawatts of renewable energy generated by offshore wind.

To New Jersey’s renewable...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/capacity-issues-loom-for-east-coast-wind-developers/

Ørsted, Reinauer’s WindServe to build offshore wind crew vessels

Two crew transfer boats will be built for offshore wind developer Ørsted. Ørsted rendering

Two new U.S. flag crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the emerging East Coast offshore wind industry will be built for wind power developer Ørsted and offshore support services provider WindServe Marine LLC, the companies said in a joint announcement Wednesday.

To be built by U.S. Workboats, Hubert, N.C., and Senesco Marine, North Kingstown, R.I., the BMT Group-designed vessels will be the second and third in U.S. service, following the Atlantic Pioneer, built by Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-reinauers-windserve-to-build-offshore-wind-crew-vessels/

BOEM opens process for New York offshore wind power

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

Federal energy officials are opening an environmental impact study for what could be the first offshore wind power project in East Coast federal waters, with public sessions next week on the South Fork Wind Farm proposal east of Montauk, N.Y.

The 15-turbine array is proposed by Deepwater Wind, the company that pioneered the first U.S. commercial offshore wind project at Block Island, R.I. Now in the process of being acquired by Denmark-based energy company Ørsted for $510 million, Deepwater Wind...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-opens-process-for-new-york-offshore-wind-power/

BOEM requires transit corridors for offshore wind energy areas

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management says it will require vessel transit corridors (shown in light blue) through offshore wind energy leases off New England. BOEM image.

The federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management is requiring offshore wind energy developers to set aside vessel transit corridors, amid intense discussions with the commercial fishing industry.

In a notice published Friday in the Federal Register, the agency announced it would offer an additional 390,000 acres south of Massachusetts for lease on Dec. 13. That would extend large areas already leased from Block Island, R.I., to south of Martha’s Vineyard.

The BOEM notice includes a new...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-requires-transit-corridors-for-offshore-wind-energy-areas/

Ørsted to buy Deepwater Wind for $510 million

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

Denmark-based offshore wind energy developer Ørsted announced it will pay $510 million to acquire Deepwater Wind, the Providence, R.I., company that has the Block Island Wind Farm and half a dozen offshore wind plays off the U.S. East Coast.

“The two companies’ offshore wind assets and organizations will be merged into the leading US offshore wind platform with the most comprehensive geographic coverage and the largest pipeline of development capacity,” Ørsted and Deepwater officials said in a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-to-buy-deepwater-wind-for-510-million/

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