b'SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 10, 2021PROJECT CARGO BI-ANNUAL9(ACTcontinued fromoff Virginia Beach, which isown project. And, suggestedsee a shortage in market. intandemwithstationary page 5) expected to be completed inFltre,DominionsfirstLikeotherjack-upvesseljack-upinstallationvessels. with Jumbo Shipping. 2026. According to Slayton,mover advantage could helpmanufacturers,theSAL- Thismotioncompensated TheUSisntproducingforthepilotproject,devel- insure business from others. Jumbo alliance is working onplatformprovidesneces-offshorewindinavacuumoperrsted relied on a Euro- Demand for such a vesselnewdesignstoaccommodatesary stability for the transfer andmanycountrieswillbepeaninstallationvesselthatiseasilyevident.Dominionthelargerandheavierwindof components at sea, espe-ramping up development duringstaged its supplies in Halifax,announcedinJunethatitturbines,accordingtoMoer- cially during rough weather. the latter part of this decade.Canada, to get around JoneswouldchartertheCharyb- man, while actively exploringNETSCo is also looking The activity in the US willActregulations.Theextradis to the rsted-Eversourceopportunities in the US market. at alternatives. Late last year, peak at the same time as wetransportationtime,moreconsortium, which is devel- However,findingthosethenavalarchitecturaland expectEuropeanactivitycomplicatedlogisticsandopingboththeRevolutionwilling to bankroll the invest- engineeringfirmannounced to really take off, as well asrisks involved convinced theWindandSunriseWindment is easier said than done.alongsideLloydsRegis-TaiwanaswellasVietnamutilitythatthereisaneedprojectsofftheshoresofThere is a huge risk as a con- teranagreementtojointly aswellasJapanandSouthforaJonesActcompliantNew York, Connecticut andtractor, said Payne. TheylldesignanddevelopaJones Korea, said Fltre. We seevessel,Slaytonsaid,notRhode Island.be saying, the US is a greatActcompliantwindturbine bottlenecksnotjustfortheonly for the Virginia project,The Vineyard Wind proj- market, but if I spent the extrainstallationvessel.InJune, US, but globally. butforotheroffshorewindect, on the other hand, will behundredmilliontobuilditNETSCosaiditwouldalso The International Energyfarms on the East Coast.chartering a European instal- there, am I going to get any- provide engineering services Agency(IEA)isnowpro- Its unusual for a devel- lation vessel and relying onthing out of the back end?to convert vessels for use in jecting that by 2030, offshoreopertotakeonowningafeederbarges.ItreallyhasThe Dutch heavy equip- offshore wind.windwillbeadding80GWvessel, said Fltre. But thereno choice. mentmanufacturinggiantSome have suggested that peryear.Westwoodesti- aresolidreasonsfortheAdd to all this competi- Huisman, for one, is hedgingoilfield services vessels, now mates 12,000 turbines will bedecision.OneofAmericastion from oil and gas explo- its bets. Last year, it securedinoperationintheGulfof installed by 2028. largestutilities,Dominionration,whichisheatingupthecranecontractfortheMexico,couldbeconverted Whats more, turbines areEnergy has the cash flow toagainaftertwoyearsofCharybdis.Afewmonthsfor use in offshore wind. Its gettinglargerandheavierunderwritesuchaninvest- reduced activity. There is aback,Huismanannouncedcertainlyfeasibleandthese and corresponding blades arement.OwningavesselfightbetweenLNGprojectsapieceofequipmentitoperatorshavetheexperi-getting longer, which meansinsures the equipment will beand renewable projects, saidsays will make it easier forence necessary for the work. installationvesselsmustbeavailable when needed for itsMoerman. There you clearlyfeedervesselstooperate(ACTcontinued on page 13)capableoffarheavierlifts thanoldergenerationships. Thecuttingedgevessels offiveorsevenyearsago are now relegated to mainte-nance campaigns, said Payne. The same thing is going to happen to the current genera-tion. Thats the way the mar-kets moving.Currentgenerationaltur-binesareintheeighttoten megawattrange,butnotfor long.TheVineyardWind project,forexample,will utilize GEs latest generation Haliade-X turbine. These tur-binesstartat12MW,which translatesintoa600-tons nacelle. Each blade weighs 55 tons and stretches 107 meters. Thisfurtherconstricts the available fleet size. West-wood projects only one of the existing 18 vessels now serv-ingtheinternationalmarket caninstallthesenext-gener-ation turbines of 12MW plus. Nonecanhandlethe 14MW turbine Siemens Gamesa unveiled last year. To jump-starttheprocess,Siemens Gamesa awarded a $90 mil-lioncontractinMarchto CadelerA/Sfortransporta-tion and installation of these mammoth turbines when they go into production beginning 2024. In June, Copenhagen-basedCadelerannounced ithadsigneda$650mil-lioncontractwithChinas COSCOfortwonewbuilds capableofinstallingthe turbines.Thefirstvesselis scheduledtobefinishedby the third quarter of 2024. Analysts expect turbines will reach 20MW by the end of this decade. i nvesTing in Theus M ArkeTDominion Energy decided it was worth investing in its own installation vessel after a two-turbine pilot project, said company spokesman Jeremy Slayton.Dominionisspear-headingthe2.6GWCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind project'