The
Norwegian
shipping,
oil
and
gas
and
renewables
giant,
which
took
a majority
stake
in
next-generation
turbine
foundation
pioneer
Universal
Foundation
last
year,
hopes
to
have
a
first
prototype
turbine
based
on
its
suction-bucket
foundation
design
in
the
water
off
Denmark
next
year.
A
pilot
project
of
five
to
ten
machines
is
on
the
cards
for
as
early
as
2014.
Two
of
Universal’s
new-look
foundations,
which
marry
elements
of
proven
monopile,
gravity-base
structure
and
suction-anchor
technology,
are
being
fabricated
at
Harland
and
Wolff’s
Queen’s
Island
yard
in
Belfast,
Northern…
