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2022 to provide sneak peek into what lies ahead for U.S. offshore wind
Offshore wind activities that will be taking place in the United States throughout this year could provide early insight into what lies ahead for the country in terms of offshore wind deployment volume, reuse of oil and gas infrastructure, Power-to-X opportunities and, most importantly, readiness and capabilities of the domestic supply chain, according to the latest report from the Business Network for Offshore Wind.
As the first two utility-scale U.S. offshore wind farms, Vineyard Wind 1 and South Fork, are starting offshore construction this year, 2022 will provide “the first indicators as to whether the capacity of the domestic and global supply chain will be able to manage the volume”, the report reads. This is in relation to the country having multiple projects going through federal permit-
ting process and moving towards having multiple large-scale offshore wind farms entering construction during the next several years. Furthermore, this year will bring a bet-
Bight, Carolina Long Bay, Northern and Central California, to Gulf of Mexico, with the latter viewed as an ideal location to reuse oil and gas infrastructure and to tap into Power-to-X possibilities, primarily green hydrogen.
ter view of new developers, projects, project capacities, and economic impacts that await the country after its upcoming lease sales, from New York
With the 132 MW South Fork already having started export cable work last month and the 800 MW Vineyard Wind
