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Equinor puts floating TRENDING ON wind on its project menu Equinor is looking at floating wind Staff top challenge projects as part of its expansion in the US, IPF20 Livestream heard. p2 Vineyard and Mayflower Wind agree staging port leases Vineyard and Mayflower Wind have for new US sector signed lease agreements to use the The US offshore wind industry New Bedford Marine Commerce is primed to deliver on its Terminal as their primary staging and multi-gigawatt promise deployment base. despite confidence being Click here knocked by permitting delays, IPF20 Livestream heard. HOME ADVANTAGE (clockwise Philippe Kavafyan, CEO Orsted secures blessing to from top left): Martin Hansen of turbine manufacturer deploy Haliade-X at Skipjack of , Orsted’s Grant van Wyngaarden, Matt MHI , told delegates The Maryland Public Service Sellers of Kiewit and sourcing on Thursday the necessary Commission has approved Orsted’s manager Senthil Baskaran elements are there for the turbine selection for its Skipjack wind Screengrab: Business Network for Offshore Wind sector to succeed. farm off the coast of Delaware. Consenting delays, caused BULLISH: Business Network for Offshore Wind CEO Liz Click here Secondary steel key to by the Bureau of Ocean Burdock and MHI Vestas chief Philippe Kavafyan Screengrab: renews Orsted’s local content Energy Management’s Orsted is aiming to deliver significant decision last year to likely to collaborate, including involved if US developers Consortium unveils NY offshore local content levels across its near undertake a cumulative study turbine suppliers, in order to decide to use the next wind port upgrade 3GW US offshore wind portfolio by of all proposed east coast be able to access people with generation of turbines, A New York consortium has unveiled bringing tier two and three suppliers projects, have “calmed down” the required skills. he argued. This would plans for an offshore wind hub at into the fray. p3 excitement. “It is all about transferring be necessary to ensure the Port of Cortlandt. It is one of 11 However, Kavafyan is the knowledge and people. consumers do not incur projects competing for up to $200m confident deployment will The key element we should higher costs. “This is key to in grants and loan funding to develop 2021 promising to be the take off. “We are bullish about all have in mind is how we the success of the next step.” critical infrastructure to help deliver year of offshore wind the US market,” the boss develop talent.” For the present, the turbine the state’s 9GW offshore wind target Liz Burdock, chief executive of IPF20 said in an interview at this This should include having company CEO said Covid-19 by 2035. host the Business Network for Offshore summer’s final Livestream an inclusive and diverse impacts on offshore wind Click here Wind, charts the sector’s impressive event. workforce, he said. “I think have been minimal. progress even with Covid-19. p5 “There is a 25GW pipeline having a graduate program is “We have demonstrated to consider the US as a real a necessity.” we are quite resilient. We Mayflower taps OWC for market. The pipeline is not in Kavafyan said MHI Vestas have been able to continue engineering support Heavy-lift activities in clear question. It is big enough.” has recruited people in the installing and constructing Mayflower Wind has signed a but Jones Act fog remains The Frenchman meanwhile US who are now receiving wind farms. framework agreement with offshore US lawmakers look set to ditch a said securing enough workers training in Europe. “I think this “We believe the offshore wind engineering consultancy OWC proposed expansion of the Jones Act to is a key task for developers. is the right way to prepare for wind story is going to be part of to provide engineering support to the cover heavy-lift operations at offshore “Our challenge will be about the future,” he added. the economic recovery. I think developer’s 1.6GW project off Martha’s wind projects, the August series of people, people and people.” Furthermore, the entire offshore wind is going to be at Vineyard and Nantucket. IPF20 Livestream has heard. p6 Everyone in the industry is value chain will need to be the center of discussions.” Click here @IPF20 LIVESTREAM 21 August 2020 02 Equinor puts floating wind on the menu Equinor is looking at floating coast of New England. The wind projects as part of its Stril Explorer vessel started New Jersey expansion in the US, IPF20 geophysical and benthic Livestream heard. surveys last week. Governor The Norwegian developer’s Equinor said it is Lessons aplenty building New England market lead anticipating the site will going all in Elisabeth Treseder told be able to generate up to the Coastal Virginia demo delegates the company is 2GW once operational. The for industry New Jersey Governor Phil Orsted is completing getting the first utility- awaiting further detail of developer plans to begin Murphy (above) is aiming to final cable burial and scale projects through the future Bureau of Ocean permitting in 2022. make his state the US hub commissioning at Dominion permitting process and into Energy Management leases, Treseder said: “We view for offshore wind. Energy’s 12MW Coastal the construction phase.” which some predict will offer Beacon Wind as one of the Initiatives such as the New Virginia Offshore Wind Orsted said the demo, up sites farther from the projects that will be a key Jersey Wind Institute, which demonstration project which features two Siemens coast. contributor to our global will coordinate offshore (pictured). Gamesa 6MW turbines on “Floating offshore wind targets.” wind innovation in the state, The developer, which hopes monopole-and-transition- is part of our business She added the company demonstrate its commitment to launch full operations this piece foundations, also strategy,” she said. “I think is looking for partners to to the industry, he told IPF20 autumn, said constructing the allowed the developer to test we have some very exciting address gaps in expertise Livestream. two-turbine has construction impacts in a developments in California and training “to ensure we “We recognise that provided several lessons the controlled manner. and Maine. have the workforce ready immediate action is needed industry can take forward, North America chief “They are areas that would when we are ready to begin to lay the groundwork for “It’s the first in US federal executive Thomas Brostrom be suitable for floating construction”. workforce development in waters, which means the said the company deliberately technology. Equinor also has additional this new sector. project used a different installed one foundation “We are waiting eagerly to capacity that has yet to be “We have earmarked permitting process to the using a double bubble curtain see what the next steps will developed within its Empire more than $4m to launch existing 30MW Block Island and the other with a single be from BOEM.” Wind lease in addition to the challenges and programs wind farm,” said Orsted US screen. “This allowed us In the meantime, Equinor 816MW commissioned by that will establish best-in- chief operating officer David to get valuable data about is continuing to develop its New York in the state’s first class wind organisation and Hardy. the effectiveness of noise Beacon Wind project off the solicitation. wind turbine technician “This will help with the mitigation measures.” training programs right here short-term challenge of Photo: Dominion Energy Shared grid ‘essential’ off east coast in New Jersey,” he said. A shared transmission to joining a shared system in Murphy added that the Training leg-up for union members network will be necessary future, Fiordaliso said. New Jersey Wind Port project Labor union International with apprenticeship programs in the long term for east Clean “would be the cornerstone of Brotherhood of Electrical for new graduates, according coast states to achieve their Energy Center CEO Stephen our economic recovery and Workers has partnered with to IBEW membership renewable energy goals, Pike said all stakeholders will our offshore industry”. UK cable manufacturer JDR development lead Joe Casey. according to New Jersey have to start working together “This project represents to create a training center in “We want to open similar Board of Public Utilities soon in order to be able to a once in a generation Massachusetts. centers in Rhode Island and president Joseph L Fiordaliso. meet market targets. economic injection for our The $800,000 facility will New Jersey and are looking The state’s second offshore “If we want to go to a state with the potential to offer the opportunity for to work with other supply wind solicitation will contain shared system we need to increase our GDP by over members to train as offshore chain companies on similar a requirement for the start planning now,” Pike $500m each year.” Photo: NJ govt. wind turbine technicians along programs,” he said. successful bidder to be open continued.

GEAD573-03 Haliade-X 12MW Ad 204x68.3_R1.indd 1 6/9/2020 11:43:07 AM @IPF20 LIVESTREAM 21 August 2020 03 Secondary steel key to NREL tracking skill-set needs for US workers The National Renewable maritime industries and Orsted’s local content Energy Laboratory is working onshore wind. Orsted is aiming to deliver foundations goes on these still several gaps in the US on a blueprint to ensure “We need to transition significant local content parts, he added. “Secondary supply chain when it comes there are enough workers existing skills into the sector, levels across its near 3GW steel involves between 2500 to delivering secondary to fill the 88,300 posts the but developing a workforce US offshore wind portfolio by and 3000 labour hours steel for foundations. “One American Wind Energy is rendered more difficult by bringing tier two and three per foundation and it also of the biggest is the lack of Association estimates the uncertainty around the exact suppliers into the fray. encompasses companies companies that are set up to offshore wind industry could size and timing of the US The Danish developer has working in multiple trades. do serial fabrication of parts. create by 2030. development pipeline,” she already begun screening It is at the centre of our “There are several very NREL said its ‘Coordinated added. companies to supply local content strategy and capable companies with National Offshore Wind Recent industry feedback components for turbine is the first step in building lots of capacity but we need Workforce Roadmap’ will has already highlighted foundations including internal a full-scale supply chain for outfits that have historically provide a breakdown of what priority areas where native platforms, boat landings, offshore wind in the US.” built single-use parts to roles are likely to be needed expertise is lacking. anodes, cranes and ladders. Local content in the US make hundreds of identical and when. “Critical wind jobs in “These secondary steel context is defined as dollars components,” he explained. “We all know the industry the near-term include components punch far above spent and jobs created at a US companies also lack is poised for massive foundation design, offshore their weight when it comes state level, said Baskaran. familiarity with technical growth but it’s a complex wind turbine technicians to economic benefits, supply Orsted is auditing different regulations from the European employment picture,” NREL and civil engineers for port chain opportunities and job companies to supply five of Standards Organisation and senior project leader Chloe design,” she said. creation,” senior supply chain its upcoming projects, which European Committee for Constant told delegates. Constant did not reveal development manager Grant are all due online by 2024, Standardisation, which are “There are over 100 when the roadmap will be van Wyngaarden told IPF20 comprising the 704MW Ocean used extensively across the positions associated with published but the document Livestream. Wind off Connecticut and offshore wind industry. building a wind farm, with will also provide an inventory Senthil Baskaran, a Rhode Island, the 132MW “Developers tend to use roles ranging from lawyers to of existing US training sourcing manager, told South Fork and 880MW contract templates from the welders.” facilities, courses and delegates secondary steel Sunrise Wind off New York, International Federation of Constant said the industry offshore wind standards. includes components made the 1.1GW off Consulting Engineers, which needs to collaborate on ways She said the industry in concrete and other New Jersey and the 120MW are not commonly used in the of tapping into the abundant needs to settle on a training metals. Between 15% and Skipjack off Maryland. US and can create confusion,” experience in fields like standard for workers going 25% of the total spend on Baskaran said there are he added. manufacturing, construction, out to projects in US waters.

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ffshore wind is the 2020s to as much as $40bn energy industry of the a year between 2030 and Ofuture. Its potential 2021 year of offshore wind 2050 to satisfy new electric is limitless. Ever-advancing loads and to accommodate technology as well as Liz Burdock (left), chief executive of IPF20 host the changing generation mix. partnerships and government For every $1bn in investment, support indicate that the US the Business Network for Offshore Wind, charts 13,000 new jobs are created. in particular has just cracked Globally, more than the surface of a booming blue sector’s impressive progress even with Covid-19 80GW of offshore wind will economy. be operating by 2025. This Offshore wind has proven but climate change is a war Mid-Atlantic coast. Elsewhere, the offshore wind market, and striking statistic illustrates the incredibly resilient to the we cannot put off. seven US offshore wind reinvigorating our economy. pace and rapid expansion of ongoing economic crisis Overall, US states have projects have reached a the sector. We are confident created by Covid-19, both in committed to more than critical milestone in the long he industry and 2021 will be the year of the US and globally. Offshore 29GW of offshore wind. permitting process with the Tpolicymakers must offshore wind and projects wind projects worldwide Earlier this month, the US submission of construction meanwhile grapple with will see a permitting green saw a record $35bn in final entered the floating offshore and operations plans to the the tough conversations light. All the market forces are investment decisions so far wind race when Diamond Department of the Interior’s on floating wind, green pointing to a breakthrough in this year, which offsets the Offshore Wind and RWE Bureau of Ocean Energy hydrogen and green ports. the US. declines observed in global Renewables invested $100m Management. It is vital these For example, the design and Although we may have to investment in biomass, in the University of Maine projects receive approval construction of ports must still work from home, and we onshore and solar projects Aqua Ventus demo. By to begin construction anticipate future offshore are still not able to physically during the same period. August 2021, wind technology meet at industry events, That’s not to say 2020 has the national changes. As we have adapted, we are been smooth sailing. When offshore wind individual turbine resilient, and our industry is the world economy shuttered development capacity increases, resilient. Great opportunities in March, the industry in pipeline will be over 15GW. because it will unleash a port’s design requirements do not come along every day; unison wondered would Meanwhile, the Coastal private investment into the from crane tonnage, soil load- recognize and seize them with governments, particularly in Virginia Offshore Wind project US offshore wind market, bearing capacity to required every chance you get. the US, pause commitments has stayed on schedule and creating jobs and supporting pier length will change. Offshore wind is a great and divert resources from on budget. An important the economy. Another vital question the opportunity. The Business offshore wind? The answer triumph to note is that in Timely permitting decisions US must tackle is grid and Network for Offshore Wind was a resounding no. early August CVOW withstood are also key to the US transmission. One study is here to help you. We are Through their policies, state tropical storm Isaias with no securing manufacturing forecasts an increase in here to connect you. We look leaders show they recognize issues, a positive indicator commitments, establishing its transmission investment from forward to this new energy that Covid-19 is a vital battle for turbines installed off the position as a global player in $7bn to $10bn a year in the future. n

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The current model of using back onto the vessel,” he said. New proposals to modify underlined the technology’s economic Congress was mulling foreign crane ships and US Jones Act legislation does the law to give clarity for promise. extending the law that restricts feeder vessels for turbine and not prevent foreign-flagged the offshore wind sector “Research shows transmitting the overseas vessels from foundation installation is “do- cable-lay vessels from have been advanced by US gas over long distances could cost operating in US ports to able” but questions remain for installing out of US ports but Senators Bill Cassidy and around 10 times less than for the turbine and foundation contractors and developers. it will affect the way cable Sheldon Whitehouse. equivalent electricity, which is a really installation units working Jan De Nul jack-up Vole contractors bury and trench “Developers need to make big economic benefit,” Miller added. offshore. au Vent installed turbines at their wires, said Papavizas. their voices heard and show “The changes would have the 12MW Coastal Virginia “The law says dredging support for this legislation. n The National Renewable Energy forced any foreign vessels demonstration project earlier must be carried out by US Even so, with Covid-19 Laboratory is hoping to publish to secure a waiver before this year after transporting vessels and it has been ongoing and a general updated recommended practices for carrying out lifting operations the hardware from the port of determined that ploughing election due in November, it offshore wind regulatory compliance but they appear to have been Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. operations for cable is unlikely anything is going to in 2021. dropped,” Charlie Papavizas, “It is not clear to what installation are considered change before next year.” NREL offshore wind manager Walt Musial said the new guidance Photo: Orsted will “clarify regulatory requirements Orsted AUV dives in to for developers, increase efficiency in the regulatory process and ultimately assess risks to whales make offshore wind safer”. Orsted has deployed an eastern seaboard. Morse said autonomous underwater successive glider deployments renews.biz vehicle for a two-year data will carry out passive acoustic gathering campaign to help monitoring of the whales and developers understand gather oceanographic data, how wind farms will impact also detecting tagged fish that advancements” in technology understand collision risks,” endangered whales. swim through the area off can help boost developers’ she told delegates. Willmot Researchers this month New Jersey. efforts to support wildlife said measuring campaigns to Publisher started operating a Slocum “The Slocum Glider is conservation as they build out find more empirical data are Renews Limited Glider AUV at the 1.1GW Ocean battery powered and can their portfolios. underway. St George’s House, Wind project site (pictured). carry out missions between Technology can also VHF receivers have been St George’s Street, The company’s US 30 and 40 days long,” she smooth the consenting path installed on one of five GE Winchester, environmental manager Laura said. “We have also installed by providing hard evidence of Haliade 6MW turbines at Hampshire, Morse told IPF20 Livestream two ocean buoys to help the collision risk turbines pose Orsted’s 30MW Block Island SO23 8BG, UK. the research project will help gather further information.” to birds, according to Julia wind farm to count tagged ISSN 1478-307X address “a range of developer Orsted is conducting the Robinson Willmot, principal birds. © All articles appearing in renews and stakeholder needs about research as part of the ECO- scientist at environmental Dominion Energy has are protected by copyright. Any unauthorised reproduction ecosystem monitoring”. PAM R&D program alongside consultancy Normandeau meanwhile added bird strike is strictly prohibited. A key concern is the way US academic and research Associates detection systems to both offshore wind development institutions. “We need a system that Siemens Gamesa 6MW [email protected] will affect North Atlantic Morse said the can study a US wind farm for turbines at its 12MW Coastal renews.biz right whales off the north- initiatives show “incredible a couple of years to better Virginia pilot project. Market-leading analysis on sector developments BOOK Must-read industry YOUR GLOBAL intelligence SPACE NOW!

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