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A year ago SpaceX made headlines after posting job openings for operations engineers. The task at hand? To help design and build an offshore rocket launch facilityaka, a floating spaceport. Between the job postings and Elon Musks tweet that the spaceports were intended for launches to Mars, the moon, and hypersonic travel around Earth, the whole thing seemed somewhat outlandish.

A year later, though, SpaceX is forging ahead with its plans. Musk tweeted this week that construction on the first spaceport has begun, and rockets may launch from it as soon as next year.

The floating spaceport plans have actually been in motion since almost a year ago, when a SpaceX-affiliated LLC bought two offshore oil rigs in July of 2020. The rigs were sold by Valaris, the worlds biggest offshore drilling company, which is headquartered in Houston and incorporated in the UK. After filing for Chapter 11 protection in August of 2020, the company completed a financial restructuring and came out of bankruptcy this past April.

The rigs SpaceX bought are classified as ultra-deepwater semi-submersible, and they sold for $3.5 million each. A semi-submersible is an offshore drilling platform that can be moved from place to place; while most of it floats above the waters surface, it anchors itself using pontoon-type columns submerged under water. Ultra-deepwater drilling takes place at depths of 1,500 meters (~5,000 feet) or deeper.

What this all adds up to? SpaceX bought some of the sturdiest floating rigs out thereaka, what youd expect for a place rockets will launch from and land on. And not just any rocketsthe biggest ever used in spaceflight. Starships 160-foot spacecraft plus 230-foot booster makes for a 394-foot-tall (taller than the length of a football field) by 30-foot-wide rocket.

Both rigs are located in the Port of Brownsville at the southern tip of Texas, very near the border with Mexicoand conveniently, near SpaceXs Starship development facility in Boca Chica (whose name Musk wants to change to Starbase.I mean, if you lived there, that name alone would give you some bragging rights, wouldnt it?).

SpaceX quickly renamed the rigs, from rigs 8500 and 8501 to Phobos and Deimos, the names of Marss two moons. It seems construction on Deimos is moving along first, according to Musks tweet.

Right now it seems entirely possibly that the spaceports will be launch-ready long before the spaceships are; of the rockets first five high-altitude flights, three exploded on contact during landing and the fourth exploded a few minutes after landing. The fifth flight, which just took place a month ago, was explosion-free and thus successful. To get to the three-a-day launches Musk envisions, though, SpaceX will need a far better scorecard than one out of five.

On the plus side, the company did just hit a significant milestone in reusability when one of its B1051 boosters completed its tenth flight over the course of just 26 months.

And there are all kinds of plans in the works, from sending a Starship into orbit on its way to Hawaii to launching the full stack Super Heavy booster and Starship as soon as July.

We cant be sure that SpaceXs plans will play out on the exact timeline given (which, in the case of the spaceports, is appropriately vague; as soon as next year allows for a solid 11 months or so of wiggle room), but the company thus far hasnt had many issues with a lack of follow-through. That means its only a matter of time until we see rockets launching off converted oil rigs and heading for the moon, all corners of Earth, and Mars.

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SpaceX Will Have an Offshore Spaceport Ready for Starship Launches as Soon as Next Year - Singularity Hub

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) does not need to conduct full environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when granting an offshore wind farm lease, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed. The decision followed a lawsuit by commercial fishing organizations and seaside municipalities who claimed that BOEM violated NEPA and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) when it auctioned an offshore lease to Equinor (formerly Statoil) without performing an environmental review of the anticipated windfarm project. The decision puts to rest the question of whether a mere lease sale may trigger extensive environmental review under NEPA, potentially streamlining the initial lease acquisition process, but also requiring the investment of significant funds before developers have cleared environmental review.

InFisheries Survival Fund, et al. v. Sally Jewell, et al.,1plaintiffs challenged BOEMs issuance of the lease, arguing that it violated NEPA because it failed to analyze the environmental impacts of constructing and operating a wind energy facility. Leases for offshore energy projects proceed under different processes depending on whether BOEM or the developer proposes an area for lease. Either way, BOEM must consult with state task forces, other state and local representatives, and with representatives of Indian Tribes whose interests may be affected. Before issuing a lease, BOEM follows a four-step process, issuing a Call for Information and Nominations, completing the Area Identification process, publishing a Proposed Sale Notice, and publishing a Final Sale Notice.

Here, BOEM published an environmental assessment at the same time it published the Proposed Sale Notice for the wind energy lease at issue. The environmental assessment found that the reasonably foreseeable impacts of the lease sale would not significantly impact the environment. Plaintiffs argued that that more extensive environmental review was required, not just of the lease itself but of the full impacts of the anticipated wind farm, alleging that BOEM violated NEPA by failing to perform this more extensive review. BOEM maintained throughout the litigation that additional analysis and environmental review under NEPA was not required until Equinor conducted a site assessment and proposed a construction and operations plan for the wind energy facility.

The District Court sided with BOEM, finding plaintiffs claims unripe because, while BOEM had granted a lease to Equinor, it had not yet approved a site assessment plan or construction and operations plan for the proposed facility. The Court of Appeals affirmed, noting that lease did not, by its own terms, authorize any activity within the leased area. Furthermore, the lease reserved to BOEM the right to approve or disapprove the site assessment plan or construction and operations plan if the environmental consequences of either would be unacceptable. Because of this retained authority to approve the project, the Court of Appeals found that BOEMs obligations under NEPA were not triggered because the project had not reached a critical stage of a decision which will result in irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources to an action that will affect the environment.2While the court noted that Equinor had already invested US$42 million in securing the lease and would expend additional sums preparing the necessary plans, these expenditures did not give rise to a de facto commitment on the part of BOEM to approve the project.

The decision confirms that offshore wind developers can secure an offshore lease for a wind farm without an assessment of environmental impacts of that farm. However, this cuts both ways. While the decision will help streamline a key initial step in offshore wind development, required environmental reviews that follow this same approach will occur after a developer has committed significant resources toward its project. Developers should also note that plaintiffs may attempt to assert claims other than those brought under NEPA, like the OCSLA claims the plaintiffs untimely asserted here.3

As NEPA practitioners and industry veterans know, the environmental review process is fraught with complexity. Early planning and communication with relevant agencies and stakeholders are essential components to a successful NEPA strategy. The decision here raises the stakes for developers because public involvement in the NEPA process is delayed. Developers should therefore consider engaging with other stakeholders early in the process to identify potential impacts before they arise later in formal environmental reviews.

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DC Circuit Affirms That Offshore Wind Lease Does Not Trigger NEPA Review - Lexology

Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables.

The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, performed multiple nearshore and offshore cable route surveys in water depths ranging from zero to 60 metres earlier this month.

Onshore support was provided by local personnel from Marine Quest.

The surveys allowed the project team to map a previously unknown rock ridge, located on the seabed and identify an alternative path for export cables.

Identifying this alternative route early has ensured that there is no requirement for potentially intrusive measures on the rock ridge, such as trenching, providing a much more environmentally friendly outcome for the project and local habitat.

In addition, XOCEANs USVs provide a reliable, sustainable platform for ocean data collection, emitting 1,000 times less carbon than traditional survey vessels, SSE said

Louise Davis, Consents Team Manager for Berwick Bank Wind Farm, said: SSE Renewables are delighted to have worked alongside XOCEAN to complete this logistically challenging piece of survey work. These smaller, nimbler vessels have allowed the Berwick Bank project team to identify possible options for our export cable corridors, whilst avoiding damage to the local sea environment. We are especially delighted to be using innovative technology with a much-reduced carbon footprint.

The proposed Berwick Bank and Marr Bank wind farms would be located in the outer Firth of Forth, over 49 kilometres and 40 kilometres, respectively, from the East Lothian coast.

The projects have different timescales, with scoping for Berwick Bank submitted in August 2020 and virtual exhibitions held in November 2020, and Marr Bank at an earlier stage.

The Berwick Bank project is expected to be 2.3 GW and comprise up to 242 offshore wind turbines. It would be capable of generating enough renewable energy to power 3.5 million homes annually, more than all the homes in Scotland, and reduce carbon emissions by four million tonnes each year. Marr Bank is projected to be 1.85GW.

Throughout the survey, the data collected was monitored from shore in real-time by experts located in the UK, to validate data collection before the vessel departed the site.

This demonstrates the highly flexible and collaborative nature of this technology, enabling industry experts to have direct access to real time data, from any location, SSE said.

In addition to its environmental credentials, XOCEANs USVs offer significant safety benefits with operators remaining onshore and efficiency with 24/7 operations which together leads to significant economic savings.

James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN, said: Our USV platform has demonstrated itself to be a safe, reliable and low carbon solution for the collection of ocean data. We are delighted to be working with SSE Renewables on this project.

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Uncrewed Tandem Deploys Offshore Scotland - Offshore WIND

Cooperative surveys by scientists and fishermen have laid groundwork for the first baseline study of how offshore wind turbine construction will affect southern New England fisheries, and organizers are seeking more advice for fine-tuning the effort.

Were really designing this on the fly, said Steve Cadrin, a professor at the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology, during a virtual meeting Thursday with fishermen and scientist advisors. Were wide open on how we can do this better.

With offshore wind development plans surging ahead under the Biden administration, theres a scramble in the marine sciences to understand how the potential construction of hundreds of turbines off the U.S. East Coast could change regional ocean environments and fisheries.

Getting a baseline (study) is a real challenge given the speed of recent developments, and the UMass-Vineyard Wind project is drawing on decades of fisheries survey work in Northeast waters, said Cadrin.

Based on eight surveys since 2019, researchers have determined that protocols used in the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP), an integrated, cooperative state and federal data collection program, will be sensitive enough to detect a moderate change for most important commercial species such as whiting, longfin squid and summer flounder when the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project is constructed, said Cadrin.

The NEAMAP methodology calls for pulling survey trawl nets for one tow every 30 square miles of ocean, to collect data on a finer scale than the 100 square mile grid of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration annual surveys.

In addition to the trawl survey, the UMass program is using drop cameras to assess life on the sea floor; fish traps to count lobster and black sea bass; and collecting information about recreational fishing for highly migratory species like tuna and marlins, a big business for the southern New England charter fishing fleet.

Each survey was designed in collaboration with fishermen who added their local and regional knowledge to that of scientific advisors, said Cadrin. Theyre highliners in these species.

Results from the studies are posted on Vineyard Winds website and organizers said they will also include a recording of Thursdays meeting.

Fred Mattera, executive director of the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island, said virtual meetings should be a regular feature of the study to bring in more insights.

This is the first one (offshore wind fisheries study) out of the gate, said Mattera. He asked if the UMass and NEAMAP methodology could serve as a standardized design for fisheries studies around other wind projects.

Thats what we recommend, Cadrin replied. Rutgers University is planning to use the NEAMAP trawl protocol for its study of rsteds Ocean Wind project off New Jersey, so I think the probability is very high, he added.

Next door to the Ocean Wind lease area off New Jersey, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC announced Thursday that it and Rutgers are launching a multi-phase modeling study in collaboration with the surf clam industry.

The goal of the study is to better understand how Mid-Atlantic wind farm developments that are anticipated over the next 30 years, along with climate change, may influence the distribution and abundance of surf clams, according to a statement from the company. The study will also examine the economics of the surf clam fishery within the Atlantic Shores lease area and the greater Mid-Atlantic Bight.

The study is based on a Rutgers model called the Spatially explicit, Ecological, agent-based Fisheries and Economic Simulator that was developed in partnership with the surf clam industry, fisheries managers, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and National Marine Fisheries Service.

The simulator models the surf clam stock biology along with fishermen and fleet behavior, federal management decisions, fishery economics and port structure. The new project will add planned offshore wind energy development and operations over the coming 30 years to the mix.

We are looking forward to having our model take this next step towards future casting, said Daphne Munroe, the studys principal investigator and associate professor of marine and coastal sciences at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The strength of our modeling approach lies in the information and advice we are generously provided by advisors, in particular the New Jersey surf clam fleet, who have a deep working knowledge of the systems we are trying to simulate.

We appreciate the willingness of the surf clam industry to actively participate with us in this effort, said Jennifer Daniels, development director at Atlantic Shores. This study is the latest in our continued commitment to lead with science by making our lease area available to researchers and mariners alike. Its through the application of tools like this simulator that we can responsibly develop our lease area and deliver renewable energy for New Jersey communities with minimized effects on the fishing industry.

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Vineyard Wind fisheries study to assess effect of offshore turbines - National Fisherman

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HEMPSTEAD, Texas Logan Industries has delivered a custom-built skinny coiled tubing lift frame (CTLF) for a customer in Trinidad.

The job scope involved providing a platform to stack up/rig up wellbore pressure control equipment above the drill floor of an offshore drilling vessel to allow the service provider to place an injector unit on the platform (lift frame IH table). The CTLF needed to accommodate several overhead lifting hoists and a davit crane with the on-site flexibility in movement of the table and crane with a wireless remote control.

Dean Carey, technical director, Logan, said: Logan had built several of these frames, which are both compensated and non-compensated. What made this one unique is that we did not know the true vessel constraints until late in the project, when we discovered our standard CLTF was too wide to fit into the derrick during rig-up. By working around the clock, we built a new skinny CTLF that would fit into the smaller space, in only nine weeks.

We kept the same ratings (500 MT lift per API 8C), but designed and built it a few inches thinner.

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Logan Industries delivers coiled tubing lift frame to Trinidad - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine

Italian offshore energy services company Saipem and Naval Energies, a subsidiary of Frances Naval Group, have signed an agreement for the acquisition of Naval Energies floating wind business.

The deal covers Naval Energies engineering know-how on floating units, intellectual property rights, and approximately thirty resources with expertise in modelling and simulation.

The negotiations between the two companies were first reported in the Premium section at Offshore Energy, our sister site, back in May.

Naval Energies has more than ten years of experience in floating offshore wind and has developed a semi-submersible floater concept.

Naval Group had announced at the beginning of February that it was ending its developments in the offshore renewable energy sector by starting a process aimed at the cessation of Naval Energies activities, including the search for a buyer for all or part of the companys activities.

With this acquisition, we are expanding our technology portfolio and we position Saipem in the competition for the award of the floating wind project of Groix & Belle-le, in France, for which we will leverage on our recognised expertise in executing turnkey projects, at the service of EOLFI.

The know-how we are acquiring further strengthens our position in the market of offshore renewables, specifically floating wind.

The completion of the transaction is subject to obtaining the relevant administrative authorisations.

The combination of Saipems strong expertise and assets in offshore constructions and strategy in marine renewable energies with Naval Energies expertise in floating wind gives rise to a leading player in offshore wind, Jean-Yves Battesti, Executive Chairman of Naval Energies, said.

We have every confidence that this new technological center, whose teams will be located in Nantes and Brest in particular, will be able to promote this promising industry in Brittany, in the Pays de la Loire but also in France and globally.

Saipem is also developing the HEXAFLOAT floating wind foundation project with the compatriot Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR).

Apart from floating wind, Saipem is actively involved in several fixed-bottom offshore wind projects in France, including Calvados, Saint-Brieuc, and Fcamp.

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Saipem Bolsters Floating Wind Position with Naval Energies Buy - Offshore WIND

TenneT has awarded several companies and consortia with contracts for consultative engineering and construction services for the offshore transformer stations that will be part of the BorWin5 and BorWin6 offshore grid connections in Germany.

A consortium between Fichtner and SeaRenergy will deliver the services for both platforms, while DNV GL, Lloyds Register and TV Rheinland have been selected for the platform of the BorWin6 grid connection.

The scope includes design reviews to check, comment and approve designs and documents as part of a project for the delivery and construction of the offshore HVDC converter platforms.

The project parameters will be checked and documented with regard to their compliance with contractual requirements and required technical specifications, as well as the feasibility of the transport and installation concept with regard to international norms, standards and regulations.

BorWin5, which will connect the EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm to the German grid, is the fourth HVDC grid connection project that TenneT will build off the coast of Borkum, following BorWin1, BorWin2 and BorWin3.

With a transmission capacity of 900 MW, the BorWin5 project will consist of the offshore converter platform, BorWin epsilon, and a total of 230 kilometers of cable, 110 kilometres of which will run from the offshore platform to land. The project is scheduled to be operational in 2025.

Last year, TenneT awarded a consortium of Siemens and Dragados Offshore with a contract to build both the onshore and offshore converter stations for the 900 MW grid connection.

With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, the transmission system operator is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7.

Scheduled to be commissioned by 2027, the BorWin6 offshore grid connection will collect the three-phase current generated at an offshore wind farm to be selected in the 2022 auction round.

The three-phase current will then be converted into the direct current on the BorWin kappa offshore converter platform and transported to the mainland in Bsum via an export cable approximately 189 kilometres in length.

In December 2020, TenneT issued a call for tenders for the design, manufacture, installation, and commissioning of the converter stations for the BorWin6 grid link.

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TenneT Gathers BorWin5, BorWin6 Offshore Platform Consulting Team - Offshore WIND

A rapid succession offour undersea earthquakes have struck off the coast of Southern Oregon and Northern California.

The first one hit at 12:52 a.m. today (June 4).

The U.S. Geological Survey reported it as a 5.9-magnitude quake, with a depth of nine kilometres (six miles).

The epicentre was positioned 158 kilometres (98 miles) west of Gold Beach, Oregon; 210 kilometres (130 miles) southwest of Coos Bay, Oregon; 246 kilometres (152 miles) northwest of Eureka, California; and 396 kilometres (246 miles) southwest of Salem, Oregon.

A second quake, measured as 3.9-magnitude, struck at 1:13 a.m.

At a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), the epicentre of this temblor was close to the previous quake's epicentre.

Shortly thereafter, a third quake, in the same area, followed at 1:17 a.m.

This one also registered as 5.9-magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

This one was at a depth of 14 kilometres (nine miles), with an epicentre located 143 kilometres (89 miles) west of Gold Beach, Oregon; 201 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Coos Bay, Oregon; and 391 kilometres (242 miles) southwest of Salem, Oregon.

In response to this seismic activity, the U.S. Tsunami Warning System stated that a tsunami is not expected for the North American West Coast, including B.C.

The fourth quake, which occurred at 1:37 a.m., was measured as 4.2-magnitude by the U.S. Geological Survey, at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles). The epicentre for this one was near the epicentre of the third earthquake.

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Four offshore earthquakes rumble west of Oregon and California - The Georgia Straight

New Zealands government is now in regular conversation with Australia about how to resettle refugees from Australias offshore detention regime a significant step towards a resolution, advocates say, eight years after New Zealand first offered.

Immigration minister Kris Faafoi confirmed to the Guardian that New Zealands offer to Australia to resettle 150 refugees being held offshore still stands and that officials continue to explore how this might be implemented.

A spokesperson for Faafois office said the ministry could not give details of the process beyond the fact that discussions are happening, and that at the official level, were trying to work through what might happen to implement taking refugees subject to the New Zealand governments usual processes of assessment and screening.

Conversations between New Zealand ministry officials and their Australian counterparts about the possibility had been happening regularly, he said.

Any refugees considered for resettlement in New Zealand would undergo the same comprehensive assessment and screening that New Zealand applies to all refugees who are accepted under New Zealands refugee quota program, Faafoi said.

Australias home affairs minister Karen Andrews confirmed the talks and said the Australian government sought to find resettlement options as soon as we possibly can.

Were working through those issues now and we will continue to do so, and of course we will continue to work with the United States about resettlement options there as well, she said.

Weve made it very clear with New Zealand that there wont be a backdoor way for these people to be able to go to New Zealand and then return to Australia.

Nine years after Australia restarted offshore processing, and more than seven years since the last asylum seeker was sent offshore, 235 refugees and asylum seekers remain held within Australias offshore islands processing regime: 105 on Nauru and 130 in Papua New Guinea. Those people are no longer, technically, in detention camps, but their movements remain heavily restricted.

According to government figures, 1,223 transitory persons are in Australia, brought back from offshore processing islands mostly asylum seekers medically evacuated from the islands. This cohort may also be considered by Australia at least as candidates for resettlement.

Elizabeth Young, an advocate for the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), said she had met senior New Zealand cabinet ministers to discuss the option. She said those conversations included discussions of the possibility of New Zealand re-extending its offer to bring people from offshore processing, but also the option of accepting asylum seekers in Australia for medical treatment. They could travel to New Zealand under the quarantine-free travel bubble, she said, and would not require additional resources to house in managed isolation.

Logistical challenges created by Covid-19 mean New Zealand is well behind on meeting its commitment to resettle 1,500 refugees each year. According to government immigration data, the country had only taken in 177 refugees in the 2020-2021 financial year to April. In the 2019-20 year, it took 797 still a significant shortfall.

Funding had already been assigned by the New Zealand government to accommodate its refugee quota of 1,500, Young said so given current shortfalls, it would not cost the country any extra. We have the funding, we have the places ready to go, she said. New Zealand could solve Australias offshore processing regime in less than two years.

She said the comments from Andrews, and the confirmation that officials were discussing implementation were a massive step. Its hugely positive more than weve had since 2013 when the offer was first put forward.

Australia has repeatedly said it would consider resettling refugees in New Zealand only after its 2016 deal with the US was extinguished.

The US has so far resettled 936 refugees from Australia, and a further 258 have been provisionally accepted. That would bring the number resettled in America to 1,194, close to the deals cap.

Australia has also previously said it was reluctant to allow refugees to resettle in New Zealand because, after five years, they could claim citizenship and would be eligible to travel without restriction to Australia: a position belied by the fact that Australia regularly prevents some New Zealand citizens from entering Australia.

Amnestys refugee rights adviser Dr Graham Thom said there were 235 people offshore in PNG and Nauru, with more than 1,000 living either in detention or in the community in Australia, with no certainty regarding their futures.

The truth is that currently Australia has no plan to resolve this situation. The time to accept the New Zealand offer is now, Thom said.

Offshore processing is expensive. The latest figures on the Nauru program show it costs Australian taxpayers more than $10,000 every day for each person held on that island, about $4m a person each year.

Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams said: After $10bn of taxpayer dollars and eight years of suffering, people deserve some certainty. These are peoples lives were talking about. It cant be a passing comment.

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Discussions are happening to resettle refugees from Australias offshore regime in New Zealand - The Guardian

PublishedJun 1, 2021 4:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, has been selected to undertake project certification for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland - one of the UKs most important offshore windfarm projects.

The project aims to be fully operational by 2024, with a lifespan of 25 years. Under the plan, up to 85 wind turbines are being built, as well as two offshore substation platforms and offshore export cable circuits. The Moray West offshore wind farm has a grid connection capacity of 860 MW. Export cables running a total of 65 km in length will transport the wind farms generated power beneath the seabed to a landfall location east of Sandend Bay on the Aberdeenshire Coast.

Bureau Veritas will be providing independent verification and will deliver full project certification including design review, manufacturing surveillance, transport and installation surveillance, and commissioning surveillance.

Adam Morrison, Project Director, Moray West, said: As Moray West continues to develop in terms of engineering design, and as we prepare for the construction phase starting in 2022, subject to securing a Contracts for Difference, we welcome Bureau Veritas, which will perform important certification services on the project. We are particularly pleased that this work will be delivered by skilled engineers at the UK offices of Bureau Veritas. This expands our support for UK suppliers and provides a sustainable domestic supply chain for the growing offshore wind sector.

Laurent Louail, Executive Vice-President, CIF* South & West Europe, Bureau Veritas, commented: As a key player in the energy transition, we support our clients in their efforts to implement sustainable resources such as offshore wind to bring about a more sustainable world. In this context, we are proud to contribute to the UKs ambitious plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions. Through our BV Green Line of Renewables services and solutions, we look forward to helping Moray West sustainably design, build and operate its assets.

Bureau Veritas is present at key stages of the renewable and alternative energy production chain. Over the last two decades, Bureau Veritas has dedicated significant efforts to developing one-stop-shop solutions related to renewable energies: from design verification of offshore wind farms, to supply chain quality assurance for solar photovoltaic panels, alongside project and construction management support for onshore wind developments.

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Bureau Veritas Named Partner to Certify Moray West Offshore Wind Farm - The Maritime Executive