Installation of Vineyard Wind 1 offshore energy station was carried out by DEME vessel Orion [Photo: DEME]
The Vineyard Wind mission offshore Martha’s Vineyard has marked one other milestone. The DEME Group stories on social media that its offshore set up vessel Orion efficiently put in the roughly 3,000 ton offshore substation for the Vineyard Wind 1 mission.
“The installation of the offshore substation, a first in the U.S., took place after months of preparation with collaboration and dedication of all partners involved in the construction of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, including skilled union labor from the Massachusetts Building Trades,” stated DEME.
The offshore substation serves to gather the generated electrical energy from the wind generators and sends the ability by way of an export cable and into the regional electrical energy grid.
DEME’s workforce continues the set up of the 62 wind generators, a marketing campaign that kicked off again in May 2023. Once accomplished, the 800 MW Vineyard wind farm will generate electrical energy for greater than 400,000 Massachusetts properties and companies.
In a put up by itself social media, Vineyard Wind stated that, “at 3,500+ tons, the installation of the ESP [electric service platform] was the single heaviest lift during construction.” Array cables from the 62 generators will hook up with the ESP, the place energy might be routed to export cables that can deliver renewable power to shore, powering 400k properties.
There’s a 500 ton distinction between Vineyard Wind’s and DEME’s weights, which in all probability goes to point out that social media posts don’t essentially get probably the most rigorous truth checking as to what’s and what isn’t a single elevate.
