Monopiles are massive steel structures that serve as foundations for offshore wind turbines.
The Danish wind giant would like to utilize the port just south of Philadelphia as part of a supply chain to develop its Ocean Wind project 15 miles off the southern Jersey Shore. If a new terminal and facility can be built quickly enough, the company could construct as many as 50 monopiles at the port, Ørsted project development director Marc Reimer said Tuesday.
Offshore wind farms may use different structures for the turbines, depending on the conditions of the ocean at the site. There is a ton of work for that plan to happen, Reimer said. No one is more committed to that happening than Ørsted.
Dominion Energy files COP for 2.6 GW Virginia offshore wind project December 21, 2020, by Nadja Skopljak
Dominion Energy has submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
The COP includes information about the construction, operations and conceptual decommissioning plans for the wind farm to be installed within a 112,800ha area located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, as well as about onshore and support facilities.
BOEM will now review the COP for approximately two years.
Pending approval by the State Corporation Commission, the CVOW commercial project is on track to commence construction in 2024 and be completed in 2026.
Vineyard Wind has withdrawn its construction and operation plans from the federal permitting process, suddenly throwing the future into limbo for the international consortium that has been at the front of the pack in the race to build offshore wind farms off the American eastern seaboard.
The first announcement that Vineyard Wind would withdraw from federal review was buried in a public statement that went out Dec. 1 about the company’s selection of General Electric’s Haliade-X as its preferred wind turbine generator model.
In followup statements Monday, both Vineyard Wind and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the federal agency responsible for reviewing the project, confirmed the withdrawal.
December 15, 2020, by Nadja Skopljak
Avangrid Renewables has submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the first phase of its Kitty Hawk offshore wind project.
The COP also includes findings from an economic impact study (EIS), which anticipates that Kitty Hawk will generate USD 2 billion in economic impact between 2021 and 2030 and create nearly 800 jobs in Virginia and North Carolina.
The first phase of the project, expected to begin construction as soon as 2024, will have the capacity to generate approximately 800 MW of electricity. When all phases are complete, Kitty Hawk is expected to have a total generation capacity of up to 2.5 GW.
Avangrid Renewables proposes 2.5GW wind farm off the coast of North Carolina
Avangrid Renewables LLC has submitted a construction and operations plan to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for the first phase of its proposed Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Carolina.
Under the proposal, the wind farm will be built in multiple phases between 2021 and 2030. The first phase of the project is expected to have a capacity of 800 MW, with construction starting as early as 2024.
The proposal also includes an economic impact study conducted by the Public Strategy Group, which shows that the project is estimated to generate $2 billion in economic impact from 2021 to 2030, and [is] expected to create almost 800 jobs in Virginia and North Carolina.