Offshore oil & gas veteran Friede & Goldman (F&G) is working with crane designer Tetrahedron to create a so-called ‘feeder’ solution that promises to cut the cost of building the first wave of sea-based wind construction projects in the US Atlantic by as much as half.

The NewWindShape concept from the contractor, which has operated offshore oil drilling units for many decades, aims to be a less expensive alternative to the high-price transport and installation units in service today by using a set-up combining one of F&G’s smaller-model jack-ups with a next-generation leg-encircling crane, supported by a number of standard ocean barges.

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