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Port of Providence plays host to Block Island components

By: Tom Russell 20/11/2015 Deepwater Wind

General Vessels Windfarms

Deepwater Wind and General Electric (GE) are establishing a new temporary manufacturing facility at the Port of Providence (ProvPort) for the assembly of turbine components for the Block Island Wind Farm. Furthermore, the first five of the total 15 tower sections, standing at 95 foot, have arrived by ship in Providence and will be off-loaded at the new temporary manufacturing facility.

GE recently completed its acquisition of Alstom’s offshore wind unit and is tasked with supplying the 6-megawatt Haliade 150 offshore wind turbines for the Block Island Wind Farm.

Over the next six months, GE will install the critical electrical, mechanical, and safety equipment within the bottom tower sections – the sections that are arriving this week. The remaining tower sections will arrive in Rhode Island next year. Each turbine tower consists of three sections, with a total height of approximately 270 feet, and a total weight of approximately 440 tons, once assembled.

Approximately 60 local workers from several local contractors have been tasked to assist with this work. According to Deepwater, more than 300 local workers will be involved with building America’s first offshore wind farm.

The assembly activities at ProvPort will complement construction and staging work completed at Quonset Point, in North Kingstown, R.I. Fabrication of some of the foundation components was completed by local welders at Quonset’s Specialty Diving Services in early 2015, and the port continues to host construction and repair work and vessel staging for the wind farm. Quonset will also host the project’s long-term operations and maintenance facility.

Meanwhile, Deepwater Wind is capping off a busy first offshore construction season at the project site, roughly three miles off the coast of Block Island.

Since the first “steel in the water” in July, Deepwater Wind has completed installation of the five steel jacket foundations and pile driving for those foundations. Installation of the deck platforms is expected to finish in the coming weeks.

Submarine cable installation is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2016, with erection of the five offshore wind turbines set for the summer of 2016.

The Block Island Wind Farm is currently under construction 4.5km off the coast of Rhode Island. The 30MW project is expected to cost around $290 million (£186 million) (€ 261 million) with full commissioning expected for 2016.

Please follow the links to view more information on the Block Island Wind Farm. Alternatively you can view the project on our interactive map.

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