The prototype CGF – which is designed to enable cheaper, quicker installation than conventional foundations – is now in place at the site of the Fécamp offshore wind project site, where it will support a met-mast.
Existing technologies, such as steel monopiles and multi-legged jackets, have to be ferried out for installation on the back of gargantuan vessels costing about €100,000 ($113,000) a day.
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