Empire Energy Partners and The Herrick Corporation have formed a strategic joint venture to enhance the US offshore wind supply chain capacity.
As the US offshore wind sector grows, Empire Energy Offshore and The Herrick Corporation are looking into the possibility of manufacturing essential components like monopiles, transition pieces (TPs), secondary steel, and towers for both fixed and floating projects.
According to Empire Energy Partners, this collaboration seeks to utilise Herrick’s steel production experience and the company’s EPC capabilities to improve supply chain capacity and support the growth of the offshore wind sector.
The joint venture is further supported by partnerships with Sarens and Largo Concrete, said Empire Energy Partners.
Beyond the potential production of essential components, the partnership will explore opportunities to develop and build facilities dedicated to the manufacturing of wind turbine components, including nacelles, blades, towers, monopiles, transition pieces, and secondary steel.
“The ability to combine engineering, procurement and fabrication at scale into a single entity is the key to cost-effective domestic production of floating bases and monopiles. This partnership results in the technical acumen, logistics support and access to deep water ports required to scale operations to meet future demands “, said Robert Hazleton , CEO of The Herrick Corporation.