The heavy load carrier Sun Rise is on its way to the US from the Port of Aalborg, Denmark, with 18 transition pieces (TPs) for the wind turbine foundations at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
According to a social media post by CS Wind Offshore , which is delivering 176 TPs for the 2.6 GW US offshore wind farm, the vessel arrived at the Port of Aalborg on 3 January and sailed out towards the US on 8 January.
“We have loaded 18 units out again. Now we are at 69 transition pieces delivered for the CVOW project. Despite heavy wind gusts passing through Denmark, the site performed excellently. In good and close cooperation between the ship, project, port, and crane company, challenges were managed in the safest and best manner. The ship is now on its way across the Atlantic Ocean”, said Søren Schlott Mikkelsen , Chief Operating Officer, Transition Pieces at CS Wind Offshore.
The transition pieces are being delivered to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, from where DEME is installing them at the project site located some 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach.
CS Wind Offshore delivered the first batch of TPs in June 2024.
The transition pieces are being installed on the 176 monopiles that are manufactured and delivered by EEW SPC.
In November 2024, Dominion Energy said that 78 monopile foundations and four pin piles for one offshore substation were installed at the CVOW site during the first installation season, with monopile installations set to resume in May 2025 in line with the construction schedule.
The 2.6 GW CVOW, the largest offshore wind project under construction in the US and one of the largest such projects in the world, will comprise 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines that will generate enough renewable energy to power up to 660,000 homes, according to Dominion Energy.