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Huisman has announced the signing of a contract with Keppel AmFELS for the delivery of a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) for Dominion Energy’s Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV), Charybdis.
With a 2200 t lifting capacity, its lightweight design, 130 m boom but compact house, the LEC is suitable for the installation of next generation offshore wind turbines and foundations. It will ensure that Dominion Energy’s Charybdis will be fit-for-purpose for the installation of large-scale offshore wind developments in the US. With several GW of offshore wind capacity to be installed along the country’s East Coast in the next decade, access to Jones Act compliant offshore WTIV is of strategic importance to the American offshore wind market.
Credit: Huisman The new WTIV currently under construction will be the first of its kind built in the U.S. (Image: Dominion Energy)
Dutch offshore equipment provider Huisman has signed a contract with Keppel AmFELS for the delivery of a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) for what will be the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel - Dominion Energy’s Charybdis.
As reported recently, Dominion Energy contracted with Keppel AmFELS, a U.S. subsidiary of Singapore s Keppel for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the vessel, which is designed by NOV business unit GustoMSC.
Providing info on the crane it is set to deliver for the vessel which will serve the growing offshore wind market in the US, Huisman said: With a 2,200mt lifting capacity, its lightweight design, 130m long boom but yet the compact house, this crane is unique and ideal for the installation of next generation offshore wind turbines and founda