HS-MM1
—
the
meteorological
mast
on
SmartWind’s
4GW
Hornsea
wind
farm
—
has
been
feeding
back
more
than
just
data
on
wind
speed
and
wave
heights
since
last
autumn.
Its
foundation,
a
“twisted
jacket”
structure,
is
being
scrutinised
as
one
of
a
select
group
of
next-generation
designs
that
could
be
mass-produced
for
the
thousands
of
turbines
to
be
installed
in
European
waters
in
the
coming
decade.
Mated
with
the
first
met
mast
to
be
erected
at
a
UK
Round
3
wind
site,
the
jacket
—
technically
called
an
inward
batter…
