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US Offshore Wind Farms Will Be Constructed by US Oil and Gas Experts

Renewable Energy World: Jeff Grybowski is CEO of Deepwater Wind, the company that built the first offshore wind farm in the United States, currently generating energy off the coast of Rhode Island. He’s not at all concerned about finding the supply chain to construct his next project, the 90-MW Deepwater ONE South Fork wind farm, which was approved last month by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).

“No, I’m not worried about it at all,” he said in an interview last fall at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Offshore Wind Conference.

Grybowski plans to use experts from the U.S. offshore oil and gas industry to build his new project, just as he did when he built the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF). Montco, Gulf Island Fabricators, Keystone Engineering, and Blue Water Shipping are just some of the offshore oil and gas companies that played a role in building the BIWF.

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