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Offshore wind developers building Northeast supply chain

Offshore wind turbines. Clean energy. Dong Energy photo by MEDVIND/Bent Sørensen.

Offshore wind energy developers are moving to set up their first U.S. manufacturing and support bases, sensing momentum in the market with New York and New Jersey seeking a combined 12 gigawatts of new energy by 2030.

A daylong conference at the State University of New York Maritime College on Thursday brought together wind companies, state officials and the maritime industry to talk about the industry’s coming workforce needs and potential for job growth.

The world’s biggest wind company,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-developers-building-northeast-supply-chain/

Ørsted To Pioneer Deployment Of GE’s Next Generation, World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbines

Orsted-GE-Haliade-X

Ørsted, the world-leading offshore wind developer, has selected GE Renewable Energy as the preferred turbine supplier for two of its US offshore wind farms which marks the world’s first commercial deployment of GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine.

Subject to final agreed and signed contract and all required project approvals, Ørsted will deploy Haliade-X 12MW wind turbines on the two offshore wind farms constituting Ørsted’s Mid-Atlantic cluster:

  •  Skipjack (120MW) off the coast of...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/orsted-to-pioneer-deployment-of-ges-next-generation-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-turbines/

Ørsted pitches its Ocean Wind project

Ørsted's Burbo Bank Extension Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The Denmark-based energy company will develop 1,100 MW of offshore wind power east of Atlantic City, N.J. Ørsted photo

Offshore wind energy developer Ørsted is introducing the New Jersey public to its Ocean Wind project – at a planned 1,100 megawatts the largest U.S. waters project to date.

“New Jersey is at the epicenter of offshore wind,” said Kris Ohleth, Ørsted’s senior stakeholder relations manager, as she opened the company’s first meeting in Atlantic City Monday evening. “We can supply the nucleus of the supply chain.”

That’s music to the ears of southern New Jersey political and labor leaders, in a region...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-pitches-its-ocean-wind-project/

Ørsted hires Coast Guard waterways chief

Proposed vessel transit corridors (light blue) lanes through offshore wind energy areas off Massachusetts will be part of a draft Coast Guard plan expected in late 2019. Coast Guard image.

The former Coast Guard waterways management chief for New England has joined offshore wind energy company Ørsted, as the emerging U.S. industry comes to grips with pushback from commercial fishermen and other interests.

Ed LeBlanc, a former Coast Guard officer and most recently chief of the Waterways Management Division for Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, will be manager of marine affairs for Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind, the Denmark-based energy company’s American division.

In his last...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-hires-coast-guard-waterways-chief/

Ørsted wins 1,100 MW offshore wind contract, biggest in U.S.

Ørsted's Godewind turbine array under construction in the North Sea. Ørsted photo.

Offshore wind energy developer  Ørsted was awarded a 1,100-megawatt commitment by New Jersey Friday for its Ocean Wind project off Atlantic City, the single largest award to date for the budding U.S. industry.

“After so many years New Jersey is finally open for business as far as offshore wind is concerned,” said Joseph Fiordaliso, president of the state Board of Public Utilities, after a unanimous vote to choose Ørsted to build the project on its federal continental shelf lease.

Ørsted will...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-wins-1100-mw-offshore-wind-contract-biggest-in-u-s/

BMT offshore wind vessel has a whale workaround

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

Designers of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for offshore wind energy face a number of challenges – starting with the core mission of delivering workers in speed and comfort to turbines at sea.

In the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry there’s another unique demand: working safely around migration routes of the highly endangered northern right whale.

“It’s something we’ve not come across yet in Europe as we don’t have this right whale issue,” said James Lewis, project manager for specialized ship...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/bmt-offshore-wind-vessel-has-a-whale-workaround/

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/

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