Congratulations to Vineyard Wind on achieving financial close!
As of last week, with a fully permitted and financed project, the Vineyard Wind VW1 team are primed and ready to deliver the US’s first commercial scale offshore wind farm. VW1 is a globally important project. It’s a solid announcement that the US is committing to the global offshore wind industry. It also demonstrates the […]
Larger Wind Turbines: What does this mean for offshore installation vessels?
Overview Offshore wind is growing in popularity around the globe as more and more countries look to harness wind energy for electricity generation. The industry has continued to attract new markets and with more money than ever pouring into the market, OEMs have continued to advance their technologies. The rapid changes in the industry are […]
BSCES Presentation
On August 18th at 12pm (US EDT), OCA’s US Vice President and Lead Consultant, Martin Christensen, and Senior Consultant, Stephen Doran, will be presenting for the Boston Society of Civil Engineers online event, “COPRI 2021 Offshore Wind Event Series: Offshore Wind – An Exciting New Industry for Civil Engineers”. The presentation will provide a high-level […]
OCA Welcomes Arianna Sawyer and Jen Palmer!
We are very pleased to announce Arianna Sawyer and Jen Palmer as our newest additions to the OCA team. The hiring of Arianna and Jen is an exciting milestone in our business development as our internal team is now up to 10 employees! Ari joined our Boston team this week as a project consultant. After […]
Flexible Working at OCA: Thoughts from Our Consultancy Manager
One of the reasons why I wanted to work for OCA was the promise of part-time and flexible working, to balance work and family life. 9 months after joining, has OCA delivered on its promise? Yes, it has. 100%. I joined OCA after a career break of nearly 5 years. My kids had just started school and I […]
OCA Project Consultant: A Year in Review
Our Project Consultant, Jared Mattern, has been with us for one year today! We posed him some questions about his first year with the company. If someone told me a year ago that I would be working in a cutting-edge growing industry, at a company that places me in some of the largest offshore wind […]