Block Island turbine installation

Monday, October 24, 2016

In this video, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier shows the installation of the first ever offshore wind farm in the US: Block Island.

On 18 August, the Brave Tern jackup completed the installation of five GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines at Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm.

That day, Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski tweeted that Block Island was fully constructed.

Block Island is 3nm offshore Rhode Island.

Read more:

Block Island Wind Farm completes construction

Building blocks

Offshore wind rebounds

Categories: Vessels North America Renewables Installation Jackup

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