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'Long time coming' | Dutch marine firm Mammoet in two contracts for US offshore wind

The contracts for undisclosed customers are set to begin in 2023, with only a handful of projects slated to begin offshore construction

Mammoet crane helps build Norway's Hywind Tampen floating wind farm // Photo: Mammoet . .
Mammoet crane helps build Norway's Hywind Tampen floating wind farm // Photo: Mammoet . .Foto: Mammoet
  • Tim Ferry

Dutch marine heavy lift and transportation specialist Mammoet has won two contracts in US offshore wind for handling and storage of extra-large monopile foundations and the preassembly of turbines.

“Offshore wind in the US has been a long time coming. Our Mammoet colleagues have been executing these projects globally for some time, so this is an exciting opportunity to leverage the combination of our technical experience with our local market experience,” said Rick Bohne, director of sales & marketing for Mammoet in the US & Mexico.

The firm declined to name which arrays would be served by the contracts set to begin this year, but the list of projects starting construction is small.

Both Vineyard Wind 1 and South Fork – the nation’s first and second fully approved commercial-scale projects – are slated to begin offshore turbine installation this year.

Another 18GW of capacity is under review and set to receive final decision this year by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the lead regulator of energy development in federal waters, setting these projects up for construction.

Orsted’s 1.1GW Ocean Wind 1 off New Jersey was scheduled to receive its record of decision in March but BOEM has not yet announced it. Orsted’s constructions and operations plan calls for a construction start later this year, with marshalling out of the New Jersey Wind Port. New Jersey Economic Development Authority is targeting this spring for completion of the 22-acre (9-ha) phase 1 of the port in time for Ocean Wind 1’s kickoff.
German steel fabricator EEW will soon take delivery of the first XXL-monopiles at its Paulsboro, New Jersey plant for Ocean Wind 1. The giant structures, each over 2,000 tonnes in weight and 11 metres in diameter, are arriving in sections and will be welded and coated in Paulsboro.
Orsted’s 704MW Revolution Wind project split between Rhode Island and Connecticut is likewise scheduled for approval this spring, followed by Equinor-BP’s 2.1GW Empire Wind 1 & 2 to New York.

Mammoet has been years involved in the European offshore wind sector, and recently handled the load-in, load-out and transport of jacket structures for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland.

It also was charged with component handling, storage, transport and crane lifting to assemble Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating wind farm as well as onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK.

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Published 27 March 2023, 17:44Updated 27 March 2023, 18:47
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