With offshore wind taking off in the US Barry Parker reviews a report by classification society ABS evaluating the US offshore wind industry’s readiness to deliver the 40 gigawatts of capacity the International Energy Agency estimates will be installed by 2040.
The comprehensive document is titled – Positioning for US expansion: US ports and innovation.
It’s worth re-stating the obvious- from a sentence in the report’s conclusion: “The construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects calls for a combination of expertise that is comparatively new to the US market and requires a variety of specialist support tonnage.”
The document highlights the services that ABS, already a leader in classification and engineering of vessels supporting offshore fossil fuels exploration and production, can provide to this burgeoning market segment.