The
flask-shaped
165-tonne
steel
structures,
built
at
Belfast’s
Harland
and
Wolff
(H&W)
yard
using
a
design
from
Danish
outfit
Universal
Foundation,
are
being
trialled
for
developer
consortium
Forewind
as
cost-cutting
foundations
for
wind
turbines
in
mid-range
water
depths.
Based
around
a
squat
cylindrical
“skirt”
that
pulls
itself
down
into
the
seabed
using
a
system
of
high-pressure
pumps
so
that
the
soil
becomes
a
structural
support
to
root
the
tower
and
turbine
in
place,
the
concept
–
branded
the
Bucket
Foundation
–
was
developed
through
The
Carbon
Trust's
technology-mentoring
Offshore
Wind
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