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GE Renewable Energy has shared a photo showing offshore wind towers for the 30MW Block Island wind farm being arranged in a line in Providence after completing their journey from Europe to Rhode Island, US. The five-turbine offshore wind farm is being developed by Deepwater Wind some three miles off the coast of Block Island. Once commissioned in […]
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Environment, Wind Farm Update
Deepwater Wind and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) have announced an agreement that will further protect endangered North Atlantic right whales during the construction of the Block Island Wind Farm. After extensive discussions with CLF, Deepwater Wind has agreed to voluntarily adjust its planned construction period to minimize potential impacts to migrating North Atlantic Right Whales. […]
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National Grid, which will build, own and operate the majority of the new electrical infrastructure needed to connect the Block Island Wind Farm to the electric grid on Block Island and mainland Rhode Island, is progressing with cabling works required to connect the first American offshore wind farm to land. In Narragansett, Rhode Island, all of the […]
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“The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media this evening. The installation of wind turbines at the first American offshore wind farm was completed today with the last blade attached to the fifth GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbine. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Brave Tern installed the first wind […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Head of Deepwater Wind, Jeff Grybowski, appeared before Rhode Island’s Public Utilities Commission to give an update about the wind project offshore Block Island, according to Providence Journal. The company is developing a USD 225 million project comprising five Alstom’s 6 MW turbines that will produce enough electricity to power 17,000 homes. Grybowski revealed the […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has successfully mobilised in Esbjerg, Denmark, for the 30MW Block Island, the first offshore wind farm in US waters. Mobilisation included welding of large steel structures on deck to elevate and support the nacelles for the planned transatlantic voyage. Brave Tern is now en route to St. Nazaire, […]
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A team led by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is set to conduct a research project on the engineering of the jacket foundations at the U.S. Block Island offshore wind farm. The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has awarded USD 608,722 for the 28-month study of the first U.S. offshore wind commercial project. […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in US waters, the 30MW Block Island, shared a photo of the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern easing into place first tower sections onto one of the wind farm’s five foundations. There is just one more tower section to be mounted on the foundation, Deepwater Wind said, after […]
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ABS Group has issued a Verification Certificate to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) supporting the reliable operation of the the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in U.S. waters.
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
General Electric (GE) is today officially kicking off the assembly of the towers for the wind turbines to be installed at the 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Built by Deepwater Wind and located three miles the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, the wind farm is scheduled to […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment
Deepwater Wind has received another permit for its project off the coast of Block Island. Namely, the Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) voted unanimously to approve the Block Island offshore wind energy project last night, according to the Providence Journal. The $300-million project comprises of five Alstom 6MW turbines, capable of producing enough […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Brave Tern has installed the first of five Haliade nacelles on the 30MW Block Island offshore wind farm, the first wind farm of its kind in US waters, located some three miles south-east of Block Island, Rhode Island. The installation of the blades, delivered to the site by lift boats L/B Caitlin, and L/B Paul, […]
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Thanks to ocean planning, America’s first offshore wind farm started construction few days ago. The location of the Block Island project was informed by Rhode Island’s Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP). The Ocean SAMP is a state-led ocean planning process that brought together the people of Rhode Island, from fishermen to sailors to conservationists […]
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Alstom has received formal notice to proceed (NTP) from Deepwater Wind, after the US company completed the financing of its 30MW offshore wind project. Deepwater Wind Block Island, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deepwater Wind, plans to install five Alstom Haliade 150 6-MW turbines offshore Block Island. “This is a major milestone and the confirmation that […]
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ABS Group,provider of technical solutions to support safe and reliable operations for high-performance assets in the energy and marine industries, has been selected as the Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the Block Island Wind Farm Project off of Rhode Island, which is anticipated to be one of the first operational wind farms in the US. […]
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Researchers at the University of Rhode Island who analyzed AirBnB rental data before and after the construction of the Block Island Wind Farm have found that, contrary to some concerns, the turbines have increased tourism on the island. Corey Lang, URI associate professor of environmental economics, and doctoral student Andrew Carr-Harris, said that many coastal […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
A 20-mile long, 34.5kV submarine cable for the first US offshore wind farm arrived last weekend from South Korea to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. This custom-designed transmission cable, developed by South Korean LS Cable & System Ltd., will interconnect to the 30MW Block Island offshore wind farm and will transport energy from Block Island to Narragansett. The cable […]
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Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States, has published another video of the progress that has been made to install the first wind turbines at the Block Island wind farm site. The video shows work on the steel foundations that will be installed at the site. Steel jacket structures for […]
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Deepwater Wind today announced that it has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to buy the company’s latest offshore wind turbines for deployment in the Block Island Wind Farm, a project that remains on track to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply five of its new 6.0-megawatt […]
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Following the recent announcement about Block Island wind farm reaching financial close, Mott MacDonald issued a press release, revealing that the company was lenders’ technical advisor during the project’s due diligence phase and is now monitoring construction as independent engineer in an ongoing role. The 30MW wind farm is being developed by Deepwater Wind and […]
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GE Renewable Energy has shared an image of two of the five Haliade 150 6MW nacelles ready to be loaded and start their journey across the Atlantic to the Port of Providence, Rhode Island, and become the heart of the first turbines ever to generate power offshore the USA at the 30MW Block Island wind […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Blue Water USA has been providing hub logistics services to General Electric (GE) in the Port of Providence, Rhode Island, for the 30 MW Block Island wind farm project since December 2015. The scope of the services includes heavy lift and storage of turbine components for the first offshore wind farm in the United States, as […]
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Opponents of the US first offshore wind farm are trying to overturn the power purchase agreement between the developer Deepwater Wind and utility National Grid. Benjamin Riggs, Laurence Ehrhardt and the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association filed a case in federal court naming the costs as the main issue. According to the agreement, National Grid would […]
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America’s first offshore wind farm entered commercial operation today. “The Block Island Wind Farm is now operational, the first offshore wind farm to deliver energy to the American power grid,” Deepwater Wind stated via social media this evening (12 December). According to recent media reports, the wind farm should have entered full commercial operation with four […]
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Deepwater Wind has hired Dutch wind power consultancy company Ventolines to supervise the installation of five wind turbines at the construction site of America’s first offshore wind farm, with work starting right away. Anne de Groot, Director at Ventolines, said: “For this project Ventolines will bring in people that were involved in the first offshore wind farm in the […]
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Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update
A subcommittee of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) will hold a workshop on Deepwater Wind’s Block Island offshore wind project on April 3, when it will decide whether to approve the project. “At this workshop, the Subcommittee will render a recommendation of its findings of all the hearing and testimony presented at the […]
