Capacity issues loom for East Coast wind developers
22 July 2019
Off the New Jersey coast, the bright red hull of the Fugro Enterprise has become a familiar sight to commercial fishermen who pull shellfish dredges and tend gillnets.Plodding along at around 4 knots, the 170’x40’x11′ survey vessel is making detailed geotechnical surveys for the Ocean Wind energy project, planned by Ørsted to accommodate towering wind turbines that would supply New Jersey with its first 1,100 megawatts of renewable energy generated by offshore wind.
READ MORESecuring your future in offshore wind
20 June 2019
Following the early pioneering days of offshore wind, the second-generation installation jack-ups, specifically designed for wind turbine installation, started working in 2010. Originally intended to be the offshore wind installation vessel for decades to come, within a few years these vessels were caught up by the rapid growth in offshore wind turbines. Although some vessels were upgraded to cope with the higher lifting heights for the current 8MW wind turbines, the quicker than expected increase in turbine size means these second-generation wind installation vessels soon became less efficient tools.
READ MOREChina can’t quite match appeal of European firms as Asia’s windpower infrastructure boom begins
12 April 2019
Building a new generation of wind power infrastructure across key economies in Asia could add up to a bonanza for European firms, in a rare instance where state-owned Chinese companies find themselves on the back foot.
READ MORETaiwan to Mandate Local Vessel Use in Some Offshore Wind Activities
7 April 2019
Two government agencies in Taiwan are considering making the use of Taiwan-flagged vessels mandatory for certain offshore wind farm construction activities, after complaints from local shipowners.
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