The innovative technology – a tripod jacket that uses a vacuum-assisted installation method rather than piles to fix the foundation to the seabed – will occupy a single spot on the outskirts of the development, which otherwise employs conventional monopiles.
The suction-bucket design, being fabricated by Bladt Industries for installation later this year along with the first of the monopile-based turbines, could be moved into serial production by 2017 for UK Round 3 projects.
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