Offshore Wind

Port of Virginia, Ørsted proceed with plans for offshore wind rerminal

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced an agreement for Ørsted to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for offshore wind staging materials and equipment. If fully executed, the lease will run through at least 2026, during which time Ørsted plans to install nearly 3,000 megawatts of wind energy projects in the US.

The agreement between the Port and Ørsted is for an initial lease of 1.7 acres at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal through 2026, with options to expand to an additional 40...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-virginia-orsted-proceed-with-plans-for-offshore-wind-rerminal/

First offshore wind energy project in federal waters to start May 2020

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is adjacent to Dominion Energy's wind energy lease area of Virginia Beach. BOEM chart.

The first U.S. offshore wind energy project on a federal lease is on track to begin construction in May, and its Virginia backers are moving to position the state as a central base for building more off the East Coast.

On Tuesday the Port of Virginia announced a lease agreement with wind developer Ørsted to provide 40 acres of area for staging wind turbine components, material and vessels for offshore construction. The company already has arrangements with the Tradepoint Atlantic terminals near...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/first-offshore-wind-energy-project-in-federal-waters-to-start-may-2020/

DNV GL Brings US Offshore Wind Stakeholders Together! Boosts Potential!

According to an article published in the Maritime Executive, last Friday, the DNV GL, Boskalis Offshore Energy and Huisman-US joined with other members of the Business Network for Offshore Wind to host a discussion on the present state of the U.S. East Coast offshore wind market.

The meeting featured discussions with a special focus on permitting and how the future project pipeline impacts investment in vessels and the management of the logistics to match the nation’s ports’ assets.

Beginning of...

http://mfame.guru/dnv-gl-brings-us-offshore-wind-stakeholders-together-boosts-potential/

Acoustic survey to study right whales, fish around offshore wind projects

A Rutgers University glider on the surface in the Western Ross Sea of Antarctica, where the technology has been used to study zooplankton and fish distribution. Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Applications Center photo.

Acoustic sensors on buoys and an undersea drone will be used to map out the movements of endangered northern right whales, marine mammals and fish around offshore wind energy sites, in a joint project with wind developer Ørsted and marine science institutions.

Ørsted on Wednesday announced the “Ecosystem and Passive Acoustic Monitoring” project is launching in cooperation with Rutgers University, the University of Rhode Island and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in addition to the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/acoustic-survey-to-study-right-whales-fish-around-offshore-wind-projects/

Fishing advocates propose four-mile transit lanes for offshore wind

Six four-mile-wide lanes would allow vessels transit through offshore wind power areas under a proposal by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance. RODA image.

A coalition of commercial fishing groups is calling for four-mile-wide transit lanes through offshore wind turbine arrays off New England, as federal ocean planners and the Coast Guard consider maritime safety aspects of the projects.

In a Jan. 3 letter to those agencies, the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance proposed six vessel traffic lanes – each four nautical miles wide and up to 70 miles long – through wind turbine areas proposed by energy companies south of Martha’s Vineyard and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/fishing-advocates-propose-four-mile-transit-lanes-for-offshore-wind/

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