Empire Offshore Wind

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/

N.Y. Public Service Commission ruling disturbs offshore wind advocates

At the end of the day, electricity generated from offshore wind has to be paid for from consumers’ electricity bills. When those rates aren’t high enough to justify the huge investment required to get an offshore wind farm up and running, developers walk away as underscored by BOEM’s failed Texas offshore wind lease auction and the U.K.’s failed contracts for difference auction. Those were auctions for new wind farms. Now, following a New York State Public Service Commission ruling, some...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/n-y-public-service-commission-ruling-disturbs-offshore-wind-advocates/

Offshore Projects News Roundup | January 10 – Installation works in Africa, North Sea, and the Americas

New projects cover installation works in support of customers in the US East Coast, Egypt, Guyana, and Norway. Empire Offshore Wind awards cable installation work on US E ..

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COLUMN | Offshore wind update: Eneti, Cyan Renewables, Purus/HST, Vallianz and Marco Polo [Offshore Accounts]

The Ukraine war rumbles on, with Russian seafarers and oilfield workers now in danger of being drafted into president Putin’s meat-grinder of death and mayhem in Donbas ..

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VIDEO: Maersk Supply and Kirby partner up for U.S. offshore wind

offshore wind turbine installation vessel

Mystery solved. Maersk Supply Service is the customer for the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ordered at Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine last week.

Supporting the newbuild investment, Maersk Supply has been awarded a firm contract with Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, for the installation of U.S. offshore wind farms Empire 1 and 2.

Maersk Supply has been developing an innovative concept for installing offshore wind turbines since 2019. It says that it is is 30%...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/video-maersk-supply-and-kirby-partner-up-for-u-s-offshore-wind/

Empire Offshore Wind selects giant 15 MW Vestas turbines for two NY wind farms

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has selected Vestas as its preferred supplier for wind turbine generators for both the Empire Wind I and Empire Wind II wind farms, located 15-30 miles off the coast of Long Island. The deal would see Vestas deliver 138 V236-15 MW wind turbine generators with a total generating capacity of around 2GW—for the two Empire Wind developments. Each rotation of a 15 MW turbine will be capable of powering a New York home for about 1.5 days.

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