Sarens Projects Supporting Virginia International Terminals’ Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Sarens Projects in the USA is excited to support their client, Virginia International Terminals (VIT), with operations at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), the hub for offshore wind projects including the momentous Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) farm.

There are currently only twelve wind turbine generators off the Eastern U.S. coast, and CVOW promises to be the largest project of its kind in the United States. Sarens’ presence on this important project reflects their long-term commitment to the future of offshore wind projects in the U.S. and across the globe.

The pivotal 2.640 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, developed by Dominion Energy, is located some 26-40 miles (43-67 kilometres) off the coast of Virginia. It will consist of 176 wind turbine generators (WTGs) connected to three offshore substations, each capable of transferring 880 MW. These substations will then convert the generated power from 66kV to 235kV before transferring it onshore.

From now through 2025, Sarens will receive and load out a total of 176 monopiles, 176 transition pieces, and jackets and topsides for the three offshore substations.

Sarens’ on-site involvement in the project commenced on October 19, 2023, with the arrival of the vessel SunShine after the Sarens team in Rostock, Germany, had successfully loaded it with the first eight monopiles.

Over the course of the next three days, the Sarens VIT team smoothly and successfully unloaded the monopiles, swapped out the shipping saddles, moved the piles to storage, and returned the shipping saddles to the vessel. Construction at the site will be finished in time to receive the transition pieces in early 2024.

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