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ECO Edison

Ørsted

It’s not too often that a true ? rst-of-its-kind vessel comes U.S.-? agged, Jones Act quali? ed vessel features a walk along in the U.S, and Edison Chouest Offshore’s (ECO) to work motion-compensated gangway that allows tech- new service operations vessel (SOV) ECO Edison checks nicians to easily and safely access the wind turbines. The multiple boxes. SOV’s smaller daughter craft, Tee Ed, can be deployed to

The groundbreaking newbuild is the ? rst-ever Ameri- maneuver crew across the wind farms.

can-built, -owned and -crewed offshore wind SOV, chris- “The Gulf Coast region is playing a huge role in the tened and quickly sent to work earlier this year. ECO growing U.S. offshore wind supply chain, using their de-

Edison will play an integral part of the operation and cades of experience to deliver more homegrown American maintenance of Ørsted and Eversource’s South Fork energy and serving as one example of Ørsted’s more than

Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects as $20 billion of investments into the United States,” said the U.S. offshore wind industry continues to ramp up in David Hardy, Group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted.

the U.S. Northeast. “We’re incredibly proud that our shipyards, engineers

Built at ECO’s in-house shipyards in Louisiana, Mis- and more than 600 shipbuilders have now delivered a sissippi and Florida, the 262-foot-long liveaboard SOV U.S.-? rst vessel that will support offshore wind energy will serve as a ? oating, year-round homebase for 60 of the for years to come for our trusted partners at Ørsted,” said ? rst American offshore wind turbine technicians, who will Gary Chouest, President of Edison Chouest Offshore. work at-sea over the life of the wind farms, servicing and “Just as several of our vessels supported the construction of maintaining the wind turbines. the ? rst utility-scale offshore wind farm, South Fork Wind

ECO Edison is powered by two U.S. EPA Tier 4 cer- Farm, so too will the ECO Edison lead the way as this ? rst- ti? ed Cat 3512E engines from Caterpillar Marine. The ever American-made offshore wind SOV.” 46 | MN November 2024