摘要: |
Most of the talk surrounding offshore wind has been fairly upbeat in recent years, with offshore wind proponents talking about how much power will be produced, how many jobs will be created, and how many new wind vessels will have to be built at U.S. shipyards. Then reality set in as U.S. offshore wind farm projects began to face delays from regulators, local opponents and others. In February, energized by social media and publicity over winter whale strandings (see page 11), opponents of offshore wind projects almost succeeded in pushing one New Jersey town to literally pull the plug on Orsted's Ocean Wind 1 plan. U.S. shipyards that have broken into the offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) market have differing outlooks on how the emerging sector will shake out (see page 20). |