The first offshore construction season is now complete for America’s first offshore wind farm, with all five steel jacket foundations fully installed at the Block Island Wind Farm site. Construction crews installed the last deck platform on November 21. All of the construction and crew vessels associated with the operation have now demobilized from the site.…
Block Island Offshore Wind Farm assembly operations to begin in Port of Providence
Deepwater Wind and GE are establishing a new temporary manufacturing facility at the Port of Providence for the assembly of turbine components for the Block Island Wind Farm. GE, which recently completed its acquisition of Alstom’s offshore wind unit, is supplying the 6-MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbines for the Block Island Offshore Wind Farm.…
GE and Alstom to make Block Island almost diesel-power free
Block Island is a teardrop-shaped piece of land some 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, U.S. Until recently, it was best known for its beaches, wind-swept bluffs and summer vacation homes. But a new attraction is quickly rising three miles off its southeastern shore. There, in the choppy Atlantic surf, a company called…
Historic milestone for U.S. offshore wind: Block Island Wind Farm installs “steel in the water”
In an historic moment for the American offshore wind industry, the Block Island Wind Farm has reached its “steel in the water” milestone with the installation of the first wind farm foundation component. Deepwater Wind’s offshore foundation installation contractor set the first, 400-ton steel jacket on the sea floor on Sunday, July 26 at the…
Hinckley Allen helps Deepwater Wind develop, finance, and construct the country’s first offshore wind farm
Hinckley Allen played a pivotal role in advancing the Deepwater Wind project off Block Island, which will become the first offshore wind farm in the United States after closing last week on more than $290 million in financing. “This is a trailblazing project, and we have been a close partner of Deepwater Wind since its…
Block Island wind farm now fully financed
Deepwater Wind Block Island, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deepwater Wind, has fully financed the Block Island Wind Farm, reaching financial close on more than $290 million in project financing provided by Mandated Lead Arrangers Societe Generale of Paris, France, and KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to its role as Mandated Lead Arranger,…