DEME Offshore US is transporting and installing the monopile foundations, TPs, offshore substation, and scour protection, as well as the offshore substation foundation and platform. The company is also responsible for the installation of wind turbines.
The first of 62 monopile foundations, supplied by EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC), was installed at the site, 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, in June 2023.
The 800 MW offshore wind farm will comprise 62 GE Vernova’s Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines , each with a 220-metre rotor and 107-metre blades.
Earlier this year, a breakage of the blade on one of the wind turbines occurred, which was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call in July.
That same month, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued an order instructing Vineyard Wind to suspend electricity production from all wind turbines until it could be determined whether the blade failure affected any other of the project’s turbines.
Following authorization in mid-August to resume certain activities, eight new towers and nacelles have been installed on the project, according to Vineyard Wind.
Last week, the company announced that GE Vernova plans to remove some blades and strengthen others as part of their incident and response action plan.
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