Are you ready for the boom time:
The US offshore wind project pipeline is rapidly expanding, with roughly 51.4 GW of projected capacity spread across 32 leases – enough to power more than 20m homes – a new report by Washington-based clean power trade group the American Clean Power...
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Although the US currently lags behind other countries in terms of installed offshore wind capacity, the increasing number of projects in development signals significant progress in a sector expected to support over 80,000 American jobs by 2030, with industry investment set to deliver up to $25bn per year in economic output, according to an earlier ACP report.
Offshore wind is BIIIG business, with some BIIIG contracts on offer:
Paris-based cabling firm Nexans has sealed a frame agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for three grid projects, connecting the future offshore wind farms BalWin 3, LanWin 4, LanWin 2, in the German North Sea to the...
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Shearing the spoils between several contractors with the right equipment, knowhow and skilled personnel:
Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and consortium partners LS Cable & System, and Denys have been awarded a cable system portfolio for the German electricity grid by TenneT. BalWin 4, LanWin 1, and LanWin 5 are cable systems consisting of...
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The problem with disposal of wind turbine blades have been mentioned on this forum before.
Source:
Martijn Lopes Cardozo on LinkedIn: #reuse #waste #sustainability | 660 comments
The big boys find more work in the offshore wind market:
Offshore construction specialists Allseas and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) have secured multi-year framework agreements with transmission grid operator TenneT to transport and install at least 14 supersized offshore wind converter stations in the...
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A troubled S.Korean shipyard gets a new lease of life:
A Korean shipyard has taken a big step forwards in the offshore wind sector. HSG Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a multi-million dollar contract from Danish utility Ørsted to supply offshore wind power substructures for a power...
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What have to be done to avoid breaking any US rules:
The “GPO GRACE” and the “ORION”at Halifax. The GPO GRACE is carrying piles and transition pieces which are being loaded out to the “ORION”. It is understood that these piles and transition pieces will be installed offshore for the Vineyard Wind 1 project off Martha’s Vineyard, USA.
Photos: John Attersley, Quay Marine Associates Inc.
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Here, Orion’s crane looks much better than it did exactly 3 years ago >>>
https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/orion-1-crane-failure-rostock-germany/55251
Floating wind turbin technology is in rapid development:
Norway’s Ocean Ventus has unveiled a new concept that it says will deliver cost-competitive power from floating wind. The company, majority owned by JJ Ugland’s fabricator Nymo, is marketing a floater that is cheaper from start to finish, including...
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US-based owner Crowley has invested in Tugdock, developers of a road-transportable floating dry dock, to explore the potential use of the so-called Tugdock Submersible Platforms (TSPs) in the US west coast offshore wind sector. Tugdock’s TSPs were...
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Why “road transportable” when the assembly of the Tugdock and the windmills will be done at a place with ship/barge access?
TUGDOCK is a low cost, highly flexible drydocking solution which has none of the typical problems associated with other docking solutions.
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Big trouble in Little China?:
Heading home soon?:
The BRAVE TERN loading Wind Turbines in Taichung, Taiwan for Formosa 2 OWF
Photo: Alex du Bois.(c
