Orsted’s Ocean Wind, Siemens Gamesa Plan, American Offshore Workers Fairness Act

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

In case the US didn't know it was hitting a wall in wind development, some of its European friends are making that point more obvious of late. First, Orsted purchased PSEG's Ocean Wind 1 off the New Jersey coast. The company said the project could only continue with an optimized tax structure. But Allen notes the complicated patent dispute between GE and Vestas didn't help, as Ocean Wind will use GE's Haliade-X turbines. IntelStor's Philip Totaro says there's more to it - a lot more. Helpfully, Siemens outlined a plan for the US to get wind development back on track, onshore and off. Will the US take Siemens' advice? And can changes be made in time to meet those 2030 renewable goals? Joel says "nope." It will take years to overcome a shortage of experienced workers stateside, with the Jones Act's requirements on using American workers, a lack of training programs, and little clarity from the Federal government. As China prepares to "move beyond the 18MW threshold," when, and how, will the US get wind development back on track? Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Uptime 149 Allen Hall: For those of you on the inside, on the, on the podcast we actually have a producer. Now. You don't see or hear her, which is probably good , but, but she, she is doing some really excellent work. So we, she, she did so well. On this episode, we're gonna actually gonna split this into two. So you're gonna get a bonus episode this week and look out for. Allen Hall: This week's topics include Orsted and New Jersey's PSEG for ocean wind, one in the US Atlantic and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy puts together a plan of how to get American offshore wind and on shore wind rolling. Joel Saxum: On the heels of that, something we've been talking about kind of regularly over the last few months of the Jones Act and some of the other things that the, the US needs to get in shape. Joel Saxum: Making these offshore goals happen. As we talk about this American Offshore Worker Fairness Act, that's a bipartisan act. Try to close up some loopholes to ensure that the people going offshore do have American passports. Allen Hall: And Phil Totaro from IntelStor joins us for this episode. So it's nice to have Phil back on the podcast. Allen Hall: I'm Allen Hall, president of Weather Guard Lightning Tech, and I'm here with my good friend from Wind Power Lab, Joel Saxum, and this is the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. Allen Hall: All right. So big news out of New Jersey. Danish developer Orsted who we know well, has signed a deal with US Energy Company, PSEG public Service Enterprise Groups which was my power provider when I lived in New Jersey. So they're, they're buying the 25% state PSEG has had in the 1.1 gigawatt ocean wind, one project off the coast of New Jersey. Allen Hall: Orsted will now own 100% of that project once this transaction is complete. Pbs egs, chief Commercial Officer, Lathrop Craig said that it become clear that it was better for his group to step aside and allow, quote, better position investor to join the product so that it can proceed with an optimized tax structure that's. Allen Hall: Very weird language but Ocean One is, was, is still planning to use GE Hallide X 12 megawatt wind turbines that have run into patent issues with Siemens Ga Mesa. So we have. Phil Totaro from Tel Store back on the program b...