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Thursday, 11 March 2021 The Atlantic Endeavor crew transfer vessel (CTV), owned and operated by Atlantic Wind Transfers, America’s first CTV operator, has recently been delivered by UK vessel designer Chartwell Marine to support Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot wind farm. Courtesy of Chartwell Marine.
Chartwell Marine, headquartered in the United Kingdom, oversaw the vessel’s construction despite travel restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic. The company used data-driven analytics to foster an open and collaborative process with Atlantic Wind Transfers and US commercial boat builder Blount Boats & Shipyard in Rhode Island.
With several gigawatts of offshore wind capacity to be installed the next few years, the US offshore wind sector must rapidly build its maritime supply chain to ensure new projects can be constructed, operated and maintained effectively. Atlantic Wind Transfers selected the Chartwell Marine design, which can keep pac
Rejoining Paris Climate Accord could benefit local offshore wind project
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. â The new White House administration has a new outlook on going green. President Joe Bidenâs executive order to rejoin the Paris Agreement could get offshore wind energy off the ground in Hampton Roads.
âPresident Joe Biden signing the Paris Climate Accord and rejoining that indicates the United States is focused on renewable energy; offshore wind is a big part of that portfolio,â said Hampton Roads Alliance Chief Strategy Officer Nicole Ryf.
The Alliance is a partner on Dominion Energyâs Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which is moving forward.
On Dec. 10, Governor Janet Mills of Maine and the U.K.’s Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the RT Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, announced the signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation between the state of Maine and the U.K. to pursue ambitious advancement in clean energy technologies and mutually achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century or sooner. MoU expectations also ensure the promotion and fostering of sustainable growth, supporting innovation and strengthening the global response to climate change.
Specifically, the MoU commits Maine and the U.K. to collaborate and share resources to reduce emissions from heating and transportation and advance innovative offshore wind and green hydrogen technology, sectors in which the use of composites has advanced, from new, longer wind blades in offshore wind turbines, to storage tanks for hydrogen.