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by dialtone 1752 days ago
one funny limitation for US only is the Jones Act from 1920, it requires that the vessels that install these offshore wind turbines to be built, owned, crewed and registered in US. And there aren't many boats that can install turbines the size of modern offshore wind turbines.

https://www.theverge.com/22296979/us-offshore-ships-wind-boo...
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sbradford26 1752 days ago
So I don't believe the Jones Act would come into play in this situation. The Jone Act controls shipping between US ports, so if all you are doing is taking the pieces of the turbines out to be installed and coming back to the same port you haven't shipped anything between ports. It would fall under the same loop hole that cruise ships use, which is since they drop of passengers at the same port they picked them up at nothing has been "shipped between ports".
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Gwypaas 1752 days ago
It does, the US is currently building it's first Jones act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel.

New Details on First Jones Act-Compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel:

https://gcaptain.com/new-details-on-first-jones-act-complian...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Expressly Applies Jones Act to Offshore Wind Projects in U.S. Waters:

https://gcaptain.com/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-expre...

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