Construction Starts on America’s Largest Offshore Wind Manufacturing Hub
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/04/20/construction-starts-on-americas-largest-offshore-wind-manufacturing-hub/
...Construction activities include clearing and grading of the 70-acre site, reinforcement to increase quayside bearing capacity to accommodate the 2,500-ton monopiles, and the construction of two large buildings that will support circumferential welding, sandblasting, and painting. EEW has contracted with more than 30 New Jersey companies in support of design, permitting, site work, and concrete.
Once complete, the facility will manufacture monopiles to supply the 1,100 MW Ocean Wind farm off the coast of southern New Jersey. EEW’s facility will create as many as 260 jobs during the first phase of construction and manufacturing.
â€With the cooperation and support from Ørsted and the State of New Jersey, EEW is proud to be the first major offshore wind manufacturing company to break ground in the United States,†said Lee Laurendeau, CEO of EEW-American Offshore Structures....
