Ørsted and Eversource along with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) have announced the building has started on the first Jones Act-qualified wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) in the U.S. The vessel, ECO Edison, is being built at ECO’s shipyards located in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, creating well over 300 new jobs, with components of the vessel being manufactured across 12 states including Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. ECO Edison will be delivered in 2024 to provide operational support out of Port Jefferson, N.Y. for Ørsted and Eversource’s joint venture offshore wind portfolio. Once complete, the three offshore facilities will generate about 1.8 GW of offshore wind power, enough to power over 1M homes. The 260-foot vessel will be to house 60 crew members and will be utilized during the O&M phases of the wind projects, serving as a sea base of operations. (Source: Work Boat 03/04/22)
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