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OSV FUEL TRANSITION alternatively, by batteries. Zero emission operation would be ginia Offshore Wind project, sums it up in a recent whitepa- possible in the battery mode (which could also be used for per, saying: “Green hydrogen and derived fuels, such as green peak shaving); the batteries can be charged from the gensets, ammonia, will allow us to put wind power into the fuel tank eliminating the need for lengthy times alongside the quays. of a … ship.”

The offshore wind segment, driven by efforts to reduce emissions, with its new ? eet of vessels, will be a showcase for alternative fueling technologies.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp developing a windfarm in the New York Bight, south

RESOURCES: of Long Island, has awarded a lengthy charter on a service

ABS Report on Decarbonization in the Inland Wa- operations vessel (SOV) to Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), terway Sector (prepared by Vanderbilt) which will be building the vessel at its Gulf Coast yards. https://absinfo.eagle.org/acton/media/16130/decar-

According to Equinor, “the plug-in hybrid service opera- bonization-of-the-inland-waterway-sector-in-the-united- tions vessel (SOV) will be the ? rst in the US offshore wind states sector capable of sailing partly on battery power.”

The SOV will sail into the port of South Brooklyn Marine

Blue Sky Maritime Coalition White Paper: North

American Waterborne Transportation Carbon

Terminal on battery power, recharge the battery using shore

Footprint power and sail out of New York Harbor.” https://www.bluesky-maritime.org/_? les/ugd/8ed502_

Operating under a 10-year charter (with an optional renew- e544d4d81fc74de9a528b3191fb779a9.pdf al), it is expected to begin service in the mid-2020s.

Fincantieri’s Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,

Harvey Gulf Sustainability Report: will be building a new SOV for CREST Wind, a joint venture https://harveygulf.com/sustainability/esg-report/ between Crowley Maritime (which will operate the vessel),

Hornbeck Sustainability Report: and the Danish offshore specialist ESVAGT. Diesel-electric https://hornbeckoffshore.com/company/sustainability powered thrusters have been part of the HAV 832 SOV de- sign, utilized by Esvagt in the North Sea and Baltic regions.

Tidewater Sustainabilty Report:

In the more distant future, offshore wind turbines might be https://www.tdw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ used in the production of “green hydrogen”, which, in turn,

Tidewater-Inc-Sustainability-Report-for-2021.pdf.pdf would support production of other green fuels.

Planners have already set their sights on using these fuels to

Crowley Sustainability Report: power vessels that serve the wind sector. https://www.crowley.com/wp-content/uploads/ sites/7/2022/06/Crowley-2021-Sustainability-Report-

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa, which will be char-

Final.pdf tering the CREST Wind SOV, to be delivered in 2026, in a long-term deal, for work in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Vir-

Finest craftsmensship of nautical equipment.

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