APPLICATION REPORT | OFFSHORE & SUBSEA


R The blades of General Electric’s Halide-X turbine are 107 metres long


Renewable Energy, published in August, finds the U.S. offshore wind pipeline to be growing by 13.5% over last year, with 40,083 megawatts (MW) now in various stages of development. The Biden- Harris Administration has significantly expanded areas available for offshore wind development, opening up the almost- untapped US East Coast with lease areas auctioned in New York Bight and Carolina


Long Bay, and plans for the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Oregon, and the Gulf of Maine. Globally, offshore installations in 2021 had a record year with 17,398 MW of new projects commissioned. Three floating offshore wind projects - the newest technology, and the one with greatest potential - came online in 2021, including the largest floating offshore wind project built to date, the 50 MW Kincardine


Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland. All this of course is given even greater concentration of minds by the prospect of an energy-starved European winter without Russian gas. And the industry continues its trend


toward larger turbines. It is not only General Electric: all three major European manufacturers are working on developing 15-MW-class wind turbines with rotor


R Huisman’s700mt travelling crane is specifically designed for wind turbines www.hoistmagazine.com | November 2022 | 41


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