Subsea Cable Solutions for offshore wind The Offshore Extensive experience in Wind Consultants complete projects owcltd.com 21 August 2020 @IPF20 LIVESTREAM 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 Siemens Gamesa, Orsted’s Grant van Wyngaarden, Matt MHI Vestas, 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 wind farm 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 Massachusetts 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.