The
£556,000
($881,000)
grant
will
allow
the
company
–
a
joint
venture
of
engineering
groups
Hochtief,
Costain
and
Arup
–
to
move
toward
construction
of
a
demonstrator
unit
for
deployment
in
UK
waters
within
the
next
two
years.
The
Gravitas
foundation
is
a
mass-producible,
self-floating
concept
designed
for
large-scale
wind
turbines,
substations
and
met-masts,
to
be
installed
at
sites
with
water
depths
greater
than
25
metres.
Gravitas
says
the
DECC/TSB
money
will
help
it
prove
the
cost-effectiveness
of
its
design
against
foundation
technologies
already
adopted
in
the
UK,
as
well
as…
