Offshore staff
NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts – Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, has selected DEME Offshore US LLC to transport and install the turbines for its Vineyard Wind 1 project, 15 mi (24 km) off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
The project will use GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 13-MW wind turbine generators.
DEME Offshore US LLC is teaming up with FOSS Maritime Co. LLC. FOSS will provide the Jones Act compliant feeder vessels, a concept by which the wind turbines will be transported from the port of New Bedford to the specialized DEME Offshore US LLC installation jackup vessel. The DEME Offshore US LLC office in Massachusetts will be the base of operations for activities for the project.
Jan Klaassen, Director DEME Offshore US LLC, said: “The deployment of the US feeder concept by the DEME Offshore US/FOSS Maritime Team will create a great opportunity for US mariners to get familiar with the offshore wind industry.”
Vineyard Wind 1 is slated to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the US. With a generating capacity of 800 MW, the project is expected to power more than 400,000 homes and reduce electricity rates by $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation, the company claimed. It is also expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.68 MM metric tons annually.
Vineyard Wind is expected to reach financial close in the second half of 2021 and begin delivering energy to Massachusetts in 2023.
04/02/2021
