Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first of 12 turbines at the South Fork offshore wind farm. South Fork is the first offshore wind project in the State of New York, USA.Van Oord was chosen by the 50/50 joint venture partnership between Ørsted and Eversource for the transport and installation of wind turbine generators (WTG’s) for the South Fork offshore wind farm. The 132 MW wind farm is located 35 miles east of Montauk Point, off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Van Oord’s partner Crowley will utilise their US-flagged barge, Ocean Class tug and Alert Class ship assist tug to transport the WTGs from State Pier in New London, Connecticut to the offshore project site.
