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.
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