b'8American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comSouth Brooklyn development addsQDCs King outlines to crucial wind-port inventory developments at Solving vertical clearance issue opens acreage for offshore operationsQuonset Business ParkBy Peter Buxbaum, AJOT By George Lauriat, AJOTIn early March, the Newfor wind to be transported ver- the clearance issue. An articleSteven King is the man- AtlanticDistributionInc.), York City Economic Develop- tically on specialized vesselsin the journal Energy PolicyagingdirectorofQuonsettheautoprocessergenerat-ment Corporation announcedtoinstallationsites,andthenotedthatinstallationportsDevelopmentCorporationingthevehicletraffic,and anagreementwiththeNor- NewJerseylocation,southrequireverticalclearance(QDC) which manages Quon- a processor in normal years wegian wind energy companyof any bridges that cross thein light of the industry prac- setBusinessPark(QBP),among the top ten in the U.S. Equinor,itspartner,bp,andDelawareRiver,wasspe- tice of assembling and com- a3,200acrebusinessparkBut as Steven King explains the Red Hook Container Ter- cifically chosen to avoid anymissioningthetowerwithlocatedonQuonsetPoint,in the interview withAJOT, minal to reactivate the Southproblemswithclearances.its electrical systems in-port(NorthKingstown)RhodetheQDChostsawide Brooklyn Marine Terminal asTheBrooklynsite,bycon- then shipping it out upright.Island. Besides the 200 plusvarietyofeconomicven-a wind energy maritime ship- trast, sits north of the Verraz- That is rsteds intentioncompanieslocatedwithintures,includingsomelike pinghub.Theformercon- zano-Narrows Bridge, whichfor its southern New Jerseythe QBP is the Port of Davis- RhodeIslandReadythat tainer and breakbulk terminal,connects Brooklyn and Statenoperationsassemblingtheville,oneofthecountryshave become part of Rhode dormant since the 1980s, willIsland,creatingaclearance500-foot towers and install- top auto ports with numbersIslands own initiatives. And supportoffshorewindproj- problem, if towers are to beingtheirbladesinport,over 300,000 in most years,thereisalsooffshorewind ectsawardedtoEquinorbytransported vertically.beforecraningthemverti- althoughwithCOVIDandpower which stands to be a New York State. Ascholarlystudycastcally on vessels and plantingotherdisruptionsthePortonceinagenerationboon Those consist of the two- doubt on the utility of usingthem in the seabed offshore.slippedunder200,000infor the Port of Davisville and phase,80,000-acreEmpireSBMTasanoffshorewind(CRUCIALcontinued on2021. And the Port collabo- (INTERVIEWcontinued Wind, located 15 to 30 milesmarshalingportbecauseofpage 16) rateswithNORAD(Northon page 12)southeastofLongIsland, with a capacity of two giga-watts,andthe128,000-acre Beacon Wind, 60 miles east of Montauk Point, which has the potential for another two gigawatts.BeaconWinds first phase, with a capacity of 1,230 megawatts, is currently under development. Equinorandbpwillbe subleasing SBMT until 2054 foroperationsandmainte-nanceactivitiesandforan onshoresubstation.Equinor andbpalsohavea10-year term for turbine staging and installation activities with an option to extend that term for up to six additional years. Infrastructureupgradesat the73-acre,NewYorkCity-owned SBMT are being funded by $287 million in public and private capital, including a $25 milliongrantfromthefed-eralMaritimeAdministration (MARAD)and$57million from the city. The funding will add a barge berth and a heavy-liftcranepadonthewestern endofSBMTs35thStreet Pier,increasingtheterminals throughput capacity, as well as making other improvements to the 39th Street Pier. Engineering and design is starting in 2022 with con-structionanticipatedtostart in the second half of 2023, an Equinor spokesperson told the AJOT. We anticipate the South Brooklyn Marine Ter-minal will be ready to receive its first wind turbine genera-tor components in the second half of 2025.The developments in Brook-lyn invite comparison with the plans of the neighboring state ofNewJerseytodevelopa wind port in the southern part of the state near the mouth of the Delaware River. Equinors competitor,theDanishcom-pany rsted, is developing the 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind farm 15 miles off the southern New Jersey coast. t rAnSPortingo ffShoreW indt oWerSrsteds methodology calls'