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Dominion Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted have installed the first two wind turbines on a federal lease, a milestone in what backers hope is a first step toward arrays off Virginia producing up to 2.6 gigawatts of power.
The 459’x131’ wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent raised the first turbine to its tower June 20, and work was continuing Tuesday to hang rotor blades on the second unit of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project, said G.T. Hollet, director of...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/first-offshore-wind-turbine-goes-up-on-federal-lease/
Netherlands-based Roll Group has completed the transportation of two wind turbine foundation components that Jan De Nul will install off the US East Coast in the ..
Atlantic Wind Transfers has secured a contract to provide offshore marine support services for the first offshore wind project in US federal waters. Under the contract ..
Captain Erica Hoffman, commanding officer of the US Navy guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, was relieved of her posting by the commander of Carrier Strike Group ..
A pair of Gulf of Mexico OSVs are at work off Virginia, conducting geophysical studies on a 112,800-acre federal lease where Dominion Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted plan to build a 2,600-megawatt turbine array beginning in 2024.
Geospatial surveyors TerraSond contracted with Houma, La.-based Bordelon Marine to use the Sarah Bordelon and the Marcelle Bordelon, both 170’x36’x10’, 440.9 dwt, to start the work in mid-April in the lease area, 27 miles east of Virginia Beach.
“These surveys...
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Components for the first two offshore wind energy turbines to be installed in U.S. federal waters departed from Denmark, bound for Nova Scotia and ultimately installation off Virginia, project backers said April 21.
The pair of 6-megawatt Siemens Gamesa will be assembled by Dominion Energy and wind developer Ørsted for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), a pilot project 27 miles offshore for what is planned to become a much larger array on a federal lease east of Virginia Beach.
The...
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...
The 93’x28’x12.7′ research vessel Virginia successfully completed sea trials and is currently transiting to its home port in Virginia.
Matane, Quebec, Canada-based Meridien Maritime Reparation built the research vessel Virginia for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Va.
Designed by JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, Conn., the vessel operates as an uninspected research vessel with an ABS Loadline. The design offers flexibility in science outfitting allowing for high...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/research-vessel-takes-up-residency-virginia/
Virginia National Guard soldiers undertook an unusual amphibious live-fire exercise last week when their unit conducted its first floating artillery mission since World War II.
Virginia National Guard soldiers conduct waterborne artillery live fire exercises during Operation GATOR April 24-25, 2019, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. National Guard photo/Mike Vrabel
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