vessels - business network for offshore wind
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Vessels Maryland Offshore Wind = Offshore Jobs
Mari4me Applied Physics Corpora4on (MAPC) 1850 Frankfurst Avenue Bal4more, MD 21226 USA
Tel: 443-‐524-‐3330 Mark Rice, Ext113 / Tom Bein, Ext107
4 April, 2013
Vessel Roles • Transporta.on
– Equipment – People – Supplies
• Erec.on – Founda.on – Tower / Nacelle / Blades – Sub-‐sta.on
• Inspec.on / Maintenance – Wind turbines / sub-‐sta.ons / electrical cable to shore
• Sensing – Meteorological Surveys – Meteorological Monitoring
Rela.ve Sizes
Buoy with stabilized mast • 3.5 ton displacement • 12 L diam • Solar Powered
Jack-‐Up Rig • 510 L long • 161 L wide • 8,400 ton displacement • 22.4 MW Propulsion Power
Problem The rela.ve mo.on between the wind tower ( fixed to the sea-‐bed ) and the vessel ( moving with the sea-‐surface )
Current Approach • Bring Jack-‐Up Rig into port • Transfer wind turbine components from land to Jack-‐Up Rig • Transit to the Off-‐Shore Wind Field • Extend Legs to liL Jack-‐Up Rig above water surface • Erect wind turbine
Jack-‐Up Rig loaded w/Wind Turbine Components Jack-‐Up Rig erec4ng Wind Turbine
Alterna.ve Approaches for MD Offshore Wind
1. Transfer wind turbine components to Jack-‐Up Rig in the Lower Bay to minimize wave height and to reduce transit .me
2. U.lize low mo.on barge to transport the wind turbine components from the Port of Bal.more to Offshore Wind Field
Transporta.on • 100 m blades can be
transported by ship or “straight” rail-‐bed • Manufacturing blades
within port is required • Generators weigh more
than 400 tons • Manufacturing
generators close to port is required
• Nacelle must be assembled before it reaches offshore wind field • Nacelle assembly within
port is required
Fairfield • The site of Bethlehem-‐Fairfield Shipyard
– 13 slip ways – 384 Liberty ships and 45 LSTs built during WWII – 44,653 workers in 1943
• Zoned M-‐3 • HUD Empowerment Zone • Currently serviced by RO-‐RO ships • Adjacent to 895 • Rail Service • Electric power infrastructure • “Brown Field” restricted for industrial use keeps prices low • Property generally commercially owned • Integrated with manufacturing workforce development ini.a.ves
Mari%me Applied Physics Corpora%on
Bal.more, Maryland -‐ Bldg -‐ 57,000 sq-‐L -‐ Property 5 acres -‐ Owned • Riparian Rights • 20L deep at bulkhead • 25L deep to channel • 760 L WWII era Pier