Keystone awarded offshore wind foundation design for US Wind's Maryland lease area met mast tower
MANDEVILLE, La., Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc., the leading US Design Engineering firm for offshore wind turbine foundations, has been awarded the contract to design the meteorological mast tower foundation for US Wind Inc's Maryland offshore wind lease area. The foundation's "braced-caisson" design is a proven concept in the oil and gas industry.
The US Wind met mast will be the first structure installed as part of its planned commercial-scale wind farm capable of generating 500 MW of power in the 80,000 acre area 15 miles off the coast of Maryland. The wind farm is expected to provide energy to around 300,000 homes.
This award marks the fifth fixed-bottom foundation design contract for Keystone Engineering in the US offshore wind market and second met mast foundation design. In 2011, Keystone's patented foundation design, the "Twisted Jacket", was installed in the UK North Sea after winning the UK Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind Accelerator foundation design competition.
In 2014 Keystone earned worldwide attention when the US Department of Energy selected two out of three projects utilizing Keystone's "Twisted Jacket" foundation design to receive $47 million each in federal grant funding. In addition, Keystone also designed the foundations for the first offshore wind farm in the US, which is currently under construction off Rhode Island's coast.
About Keystone Engineering Inc.
Keystone Engineering Inc. is a Mandeville, Louisiana-based engineering and design company founded in 1988 by Rudy Hall, P.E. and Ed Genois, P.E. The 300+ employee company specializes in providing multi-discipline engineering solutions for various segments including oil & gas, manufacturing and offshore renewable energy markets in the United States and Europe.
Contact
To learn more about Keystone Engineering Inc.'s role in offshore wind projects, please visit the company's offshore renewables website at http://www.keystoneengr.com/offshore-renewables, or contact:
Ben Foley, P.E.
General Manager - Offshore Renewables
(504) 220-1742
[email protected]
SOURCE Keystone Engineering Inc.
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