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M MARAD’s moves closely align with that recommendation.

S State-level Progress

New Jersey has taken out-front positions on a number of c critical steps. Last September the South Jersey Port Corpora- t tion announced that German-based EEW Group will replicate i its German monopile factory at NJ’s Paulsboro Marine Termi- n nal, a $250 million project. The site will produce monopiles f for Orsted’s Ocean Wind 1 and 2 projects and for EDF/Shell’s

A Atlantic Shores project. Talks are underway about supplying o other Atlantic OSW projects.

The Paulsboro work is on track for producing monopiles i in 2023, Lee Laurendeau, the CEO of EEW American Off- s shore Structures, wrote in an email. The circumference weld- i ing building is substantially complete with equipment being i installed now. The coating building is enclosed and expected t to be ? nished by end of the year.

Jen Becker is NJ’s Managing Director, Wind Institute Devel- o opment. She described a series of concurrent activities to advance

O OSW, particularly in education and workforce development.

This summer Gloucester Community College will offer t training in submerged arc welding and marine painting.

In May, education of? cials announced funding for new w wind turbine technician training programs, a joint project with t the State’s Economic Development Authority, Cumberland

C County Technical Education Center, Gloucester County In- s stitute of Technology and Rowan University as well as labor

Photo courtesy Blount Boats u unions and Maersk Training. The Wind Turbine Technician c certi? cate program starts in January 2023. An Associate of

A Applied Science degree program starts in September 2023.

Warren, RI-based Blount Boats

Additionally, Becker said NJ is funding an OSW scholar- built the ? rst OSW vessel – s ship program at four research universities. Candidate selec- t tion, expected to include 25 students, is underway now and

Atlantic Pioneer – in 2016 and w will conclude by fall.

a second boat, the Endeavor

N New York in 2021. Marcia Blount sees a

Last March Equinor and bp announced agreement on a bright future in OSW, and today $ $250 million project to transform the South Brooklyn Marine

T Terminal into an OSW hub, making the 73-acre one of the has four CTVs under contract. l largest OSW ports in the US.

The company seeks to build at

An Equinor spokesperson said site investigation is under- w way now to facilitate engineering design. Construction per- least three per year for the next m mits should be ? nal 2024. Initial work will include staging, ? ve years, hopefully longer. m marshalling and pre-assembly of the wind turbine generator c components starting with Empire Wind, likely in 2026.

Importantly, the companies are also readying a project of- ? ? ce, slated to open this year, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, ad-

Marcia Blount, President, j jacent to SBMT. The of? ce will be the hub for Equinor and

Blount Boats b bp’s regional operations, including for the Empire and Beacon

W Wind projects. The companies are in the process of develop- i ing community and work agreements and mapping out training a and identifying the skill sets required for work at the Terminal.

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