The
flask-shaped,
floatable
concrete
structures
–
derived
from
designs
used
for
decades
in
the
offshore
oil
and
gas
industry
–
would
have
an
“advantage
over
other
solutions
in
the
harsh
marine
conditions
of
the
deeper
waters
[due
to
their]
robustness
and
minimum
maintenance”,
according
to
the
report.
CGBSs
–
which
are
floated
out
to
location
and
lowered
to
the
seabed
using
a
system
of
in-built
ballast
and
buoyancy
chambers
–
were
also
found
likely
to
cause
less
seabed
disturbance
during
installation
on
far-offshore
Round
3
sites
than
traditional
monopiles
and
three-
and…
