Worldwide opportunities in Offshore Wind

The first domestic made offshore windmill foundation is on the move by Dutch companies:
https://breakbulk.com/Articles/jv-prepares-to-move-sing-da-turbine-parts

New fields coming on line all over the world. This one offshore Scotland to be on line in 2022:

Lots of different companies involved in the manufacturing of equipment, with a Belgian overall responsible for the project on behalf of the owner,
Just scroll through this collection to get the picture:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/?s=moray+east

The same goes for the Yulin Offshore Wind Farm off Taiwan, to be on line in 2021.
Lots of foreign firms involved in the construction and installation.

A German company will be responsible for maintenance, but the first CTV built in Taiwan will service the field when operational:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/08/10/locally-built-ctv-for-yunlin-owf-launched/#:~:text=A%20Taiwan-built%20crew%20transfer,launched%2C%20according%20to%20Deutsche%20Windtechnik.

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The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have left from Batam, Indonesia towards the project site in the UK:


The topsides will soon follow from Sembcorp in Singapore.

While the Belgian company Jan de Nul is busy installing the first foundations for the the 109.2 MW TPC Changhua offshore wind farm offshore Taiwan that have just arrived from S.Korea:


Heerema’s Aegir has taken the trip from Europe to do the installation.

A Dutch company will deliver W2W gangway for the new SOV to be built at Vard Vung Tau and used in Taiwan:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/08/17/smst-to-deliver-equipment-for-taiwans-first-sov/#:~:text=SMST%20has%20secured%20a%20contract,for%20the%20new%20build%20SOV.

Meanwhile ABS has granted Approval in Principle (Rubber stamped) a new design of 30 m. CTV to meet Jones Act rules:

Safer W2W Gangway for SOVs being introduced:

But it is not only gangway operation that will be autonomous in the future, the entire DP operation of SOVs will also be autonomous sometime in the future according to IHC:

Equinor is looking into developing Offshore Wind Farms in Brazilian waters:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/08/24/equinor-takes-first-offshore-wind-step-in-brazil/#:~:text=Equinor%20has%20submitted%20an%20application,offshore%20wind%20project%20in%20Brazil.

Triton Knoll wind farm offshore UK is progressing and expected to be delivering power to the grid in early 2021:

It looks like all the main contractors and all the vessels involved in the installation offshore is FOREIGN. (But EU owned)

Even the owner of the wind farm is foreign. (RWE is German, Kansai is Japanese)

Another giant Offshore Wind Farm project in the UK is attracting worldwide expertise, technology and vessels suitable to perform the various tasks involved:

But it is also creating local jobs in the process:

To reach the goal of Zero Carbon emission, collaboration between industries and countries are key:

VARD and Ocean Installer is joining forces to develop a new Installation Vessel for large capacity wind turbines:

(From smp.no today. Translated by Google)

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Sounds like much needed JOBS!

US Jobs in our own back yard…maybe not? The CBP has so far avoided directly addressing questions of whether OCSLA extends the Jones Act to any wind farm activities and operations on the OCS. As such, the question that will need to be ultimately determined by CPB is whether OCSLA extends U.S. laws, including the Jones Act, to installations attached to the seabed for the production of resources from that installation (which would encompass wind resources), as opposed to production of resources from the seabed itself (which would not encompass wind resources). The general assumption has been that the Jones Act does apply to wind farm installations on the OCS, but, CBP’s outright revocation of the July 15 Ruling, instead of a modification or a correction, indicates that CBP is not yet willing to make this ruling.

Spot on! The ability to adapt, learn and willing to step outside you comfort zone will get you a job on any ship you want.
Seafarer Strong!!

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Article says Jones Act vessel ready in 2023.

Boskalis is active in many sectors, including Offshore Wind farm construction:


They even bring the Asian Hercules III to Turkey for a bridge building project.

It is not only Construction and Transport contractors that gain from the activities in Offshore Wind worldwide, but some Ports do too:
https://en.portnews.ru/news/300907/

One more Oil Major is joining the race towards development of floating wind farms in areas with too deep water for conventional piled or gravity base wind mills:

USWC next?

Van Oord has completed installing the foundations for 72 wind turbines for the Swedish company Vattenfall:


The Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind farm is situated in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea.

PS> I like the pictures showing the Svanen driving the monopiles, with the waters around her churned up by the powerful hammer blows.

Solstad get second contract for Wind Farm support in Taiwan:

Lots of foreign companies gets opportunities in Taiwan these days:


But they are also gearing up for technology transfer and opportunities for local industry.

The new installation ship under construction in China for Jan de Nul will be equipped with cranes from Red Rock:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/09/09/super-sized-les-alizes-to-rock-red-rock-cranes/#:~:text=Red%20Rock%20has%20received%20an,installation%20crane%20vessel%20Les%20Alizés.&text=Les%20Alizés%20is%20specifically%20designed,installing%20offshore%20wind%20turbine%20foundations.

If you (like me) didn’t know anything about Red Rock AS or their Cranes, here is a presentation: