# Great Lakes Dredge & Dock awarded rock installation contract for Empire Wind

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, in consortium with Van Oord, was awarded a subsea rock installation contract by Empire Offshore Wind for the Empire Wind I and II offshore wind farms off the East Coast of the U.S. Work is expected to start in the mid-2020s.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-05-02
- Where: East Coast of the United States, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2 GW
- Products: subsea rock installation, offshore wind farm
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [BP](https://endata.com/companies/1131.md) (investor)
- [Van Oord](https://endata.com/companies/1366.md) (partner)
- [Equinor](https://endata.com/companies/1741.md) (investor)
- [Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/51285.md) (supplier)
- [Empire Offshore Wind](https://endata.com/companies/58665.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/02/2433955/36795/en/Great-Lakes-Dredge-Dock-Corporation-Awarded-Large-Scale-U-S-Offshore-Wind-Rock-Installation-Project.html), 2022-05-02: "The consortium of Great Lakes with Van Oord combines the experience of Van Oord, the global market leader in subsea rock installation, with Great Lakes, the only U.S. marine contractor to invest in building the first Jones Act compliant fallpipe vessel purpose built for the U.S. offshore wind market"

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