Offshore Wind

The DEME Marine installation vessel Orion is contracted to install foundations for 176 turbines on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. DEME image.

Dominion Energy says court challenge not delaying Virginia wind project

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Gulf of Maine, Oregon offshore wind lease sales proposed

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The Ginny Louise, a 20 meter (65’), diesel-powered Mercurio crew transfer vessel in the UK, will be the first CTV converted to all-electric propulsion. Volvo Penta image.

Volvo Penta to power first retrofitted electric crew transfer vessel

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The Revolution Wind project is planned off Rhode Island and near Cox Ledge, identified by NOAA Fisheries as important habitat for Atlantic cod and other species. NOAA graphic.

Activists seek lockdown on New England wind project

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Visitors from the International Partnering Forum offshore wind conference in New Orleans got a look at the industry's capabilities April 22 at the Avondale Global Gateway across the Mississippi River. HOST photo.

Avondale hosts New Orleans offshore wind conference visitors

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WindServe Marine's Windserve Journey is equipped with Volvo Penta D13 main engines (515kW at 2,300 RPM) and a Volvo Penta IPS 900 propulsion system. WindServe Marine photo.

WorkBoat Showcase: Volvo Penta

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The wind turbine installation vessel Charybdis after its launch at Brownsville, Texas. Dominion Energy photo.

First U.S. wind turbine installation vessel launched

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Kalypso Offshore Energy is partnering with Netherlands-based Royal IHC to build the first Jones Act-compliant cable lay vessel for the the offshore wind market. Kalypso image.

Partners to build first U.S. cable lay vessel for offshore wind

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Dominion turbine install June 20 2020 — The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Offshore wind opponents mount court challenge to Virginia project

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management outlined a final wind energy area totaling about 2 million acres off Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from 23 to 92 milws offshore. BOEM graphic.

Next BOEM studies will examine Gulf of Maine, NJ wind conflicts

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The last of 12 turbines in the South Fork Wind project 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y., were completed March 14. Ørsted video image.

South Fork Wind’s 12 turbines completed

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