The primary transition items (TPs) destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) challenge have been loaded in on the Portsmouth Marine Terminal within the Commonwealth of Virginia, the US.
In April, MV Solar Rise departed from the quayside of CS Wind Offshore in Aalborg, Denmark, loaded with six TPs for the two.6 GW CVOW challenge.
Weeks later, Dominion Power, the developer of the offshore wind challenge, acquired the items on the marshalling harbour.
In keeping with CS Wind Offshore, the corporate chargeable for the manufacturing of 176 TPs, the climate situations throughout the load-in have been favorable with low wind velocity and clear skies permitting a clean load-in operation.
The items are as much as 30 metres excessive and near eight metres in diameter. Every component weighs 540 tonnes to 570 tonnes, together with secondary metal, in line with the producer.
DEME Offshore is chargeable for the set up of the TPs on high of the monopiles set to be delivered by EEW SPC, which is able to collectively assist 176 Siemens Gamesa’s 15 MW wind generators.
The lighting for the transition items might be offered by Glamox.
The monopile set up work is nicely underway on the offshore web site positioned 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Seaside, with the primary unit being put in final month by DEME Group’s heavy elevate vessel Orion.
As soon as totally constructed in 2026, the two.6 GW offshore wind farm will be capable to generate sufficient electrical energy to energy as much as 660,000 households.
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