ABS and FibreMax Team Up for Floating Wind Mooring Tech
to include operational parameters for stiffness-driven designs with the objective to jointly develop relevant parameters for these emerging designs and market,” added Sander van Helvoort, Director Renewable Energy at FibreMax.ABS certified the first U.S. offshore wind project in Orsted's Block Island.Worldwide, ABS certified the first semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine, WindFloat I, classed the world's largest floating wind turbine at the time of installation with Windfloat Atlantic developed and operated by Ocean Winds, classed Kincardine, the world’s largest grid-connected
Ørsted Picks Rovco for Offshore Wind O&M Work in US
Rovco has signed a framework agreement with Ørsted to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) work on two of the developer’s U.S. sites - Block Island Wind Farm and South Fork Wind Farm. Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island was the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. and generates 30 MW of renewable energy.The landmark South Fork Wind project became the U.S.’ first commercial-scale wind farm in March 2024, delivering 132 MW to Long Island in New York. Ørsted Powers Up All Turbines at First US Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind FarmTo help inform Ørsted&rsqu
Weather Data Gathering Project Underway for US Offshore Wind
for the energy community in their daily management of their wind plants.”Over the last three months, researchers have deployed remote sensing instruments, offshore buoys, and towers at various locations off the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Long Island - home to Vineyard Wind, Block Island Wind Farm, South Fork Wind Farm, and seven other lease areas. The instruments will collect real-time data on a wide range of weather-related variables over the next 18 months.WFIP3 platforms are also being used to monitor wildlife, including whales, birds, and bats. Wildlife data, collected alongside
ABS Issues Safety, Technical Guideline for Floating Offshore Wind Substations
these projects and unlock opportunities, the development of reliable technical support in the form of these requirements published by ABS is key for optimizing the processes and therefore reaching our objectives of development."ABS certified the first U.S. offshore wind project in Orsted's Block Island. Worldwide, ABS certified the first semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine, WindFloat I; classed the world's largest floating wind turbine at the time of installation with Windfloat Atlantic developed and operated by Ocean Winds; classed Kincardine, the world’s largest grid-connected
U.S. Offshore Wind Forecast: 45 Projects, $136B CapEx
phase of a wind farm and will need to be Jones Act compliant. Till now one SOV has been announced as under construction – although the indications are that others are in the pipeline. In the CTV segment, three vessels, owned by Atlantic Wind Transfers and WindServe, are already operating on the Block Island wind farm and the Coastal Virginia Demonstration project. Five CTV awards have been announced recently awarded to two yards -- Blount Boats and Gladding Hearn shipbuilding. Despite the building activity, the domestic supply and SOVs and CTVs is significantly below our forecast for demand.Floating
Favorable Offshore Winds Blowing from the Biden Administration
of clean energy to 800,000 Virginia homes and businesses when fully operational in 2026. The commercial CVOW project follows on the two-turbine 12 MW research project—also called CVOW—that is the first offshore wind farm to become operational in federal waters in 2020. (Deepwater Wind off Block Island, RI, is the first in state waters.)Dominion has also established a consortium to build the first Jones Act-compliant turbine installation vessel (TIV), called “Charybdis,” currently under construction in the Keppel Yard in Brownsville, TX. Role of the States and the PublicThe
The Emerging U.S. Offshore Wind Industry in a Post-COVID-19 World
; first – and very ambitious – 130 turbine offshore wind project, died under its own weight after years-long delays caused its energy providers to end power supply contracts for the project in 2015. Indeed, just one project – the five-turbine (30 megawatt) Deepwater Wind farm off Block Island – is up and running so far. But, there are a slew of other projects in the pipeline. The two-turbine (12 megawatt) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind facility – a “test” construction in advance of the planned 2,640-megawatt Dominion Energy Wind Farm – has already started
Ocean Noise: Pile Driving Triggers Alarm Responses in Squid
to create extraordinary camouflage, enabling them to blend into the background and avoid becoming a meal.Jones and his colleagues in the Sensory Ecology and Bioacoustics Lab at WHOI exposed longfin squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) to pile driving sounds originally recorded near the construction site of the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island. The squid exhibited the same types of natural alarm and defense behaviors when they were exposed to the noises, but it’s what they did next that surprised the researcher team.“The alarm behaviors occurred within the first several noise impulses, but they
Offshore Wind: Decisions Needed Sooner, not Later
requirements exclude most east coast ports. That’s the assessment from Boone Davis, one of the panelists in the SUNY discussion on “Wind Farm Port Development.” Davis is President and CEO of Atlantic Offshore Terminals (AOT). He was the project manager at the Block Island Wind Farm Project.AOT is working to develop a new port, specifically configured to serve Atlantic Ocean wind projects, on 30 acres along the Arthur Kill tidal strait between Staten Island and New Jersey. Davis says the AOT site would be the only offshore wind port in New York with direct
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