Friede & Goldman, OIM Wind Unveil New WTIV Design for 20 MW Wind Turbines - Offshore WIND
Friede & Goldman, OIM Wind Unveil New WTIV Design for 20 MW Wind Turbines | Offshore Wind
Friede & Goldman, OIM Wind Unveil New WTIV Design for 20 MW Wind Turbines
US-based Friede & Goldman and Norway’s OIM Wind have unveiled a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), called FO-146.
The vessel is based on Friede & Goldman’s WindSetter Class WTIVs and is the result of a collaboration between the two firms.
The FO-146’s hull can accommodate up to five 18 MW or four 20 MW wind turbine sets, including their full-height towers, on its main deck.
The ship has a water depth capacity of 80 metres and features 6,200 square metres of deck space.
With a 3,200-tonne leg encircling crane, it is capable of installing XXL foundations.
According to Friede & Goldman, the vessel is a testament to their shared commitment with OIM Wind to meet the evolving needs of the global offshore wind market, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and versatility.
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The vessel’s design generated significant industry interest and plans are already underway for the construction of at least two units to meet the growing demand, said Friede & Goldman.
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Over the next decade, U.S. offshore wind power is expected to grow from a single 30-megawatt wind farm off Rhode Island to more than 2,000 MW of capacity along the Atlantic Seaboard. There are contracts for wind power off the coasts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated the United States has over 4,000 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind potential, enough to power the country four times over.
The growth in part being spurred by state solicitations, including in New York, where then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) set a commitment of 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, and in Connecticut, where in June 2021, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation authorizing the construction of 2,000 MW of offshore wind by 2030.
The offshore development is also being driven by an investment tax credit set to end in December 2019 and is equal to 12 percent of expenditures. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have introduced a bill to extend the tax credit for up to eight years.
The Interior Department has held eight competitive lease sales that resulted in 15 offshore wind leases over 1.7 million acres that has the potential for 21 GW of capacity. In February 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed a bidding process that realized $4.37 billion for 488,000 acres across six lease areas in federal waters off New York and New Jersey.
Projects have also been proposed off the Southeast coast, off California and Hawaii, and for the Great Lakes.