So-called "mono buckets", flask-shaped suction caisson technology that is vacuum-sealed into the seabed and levelled using hundreds of built-in water jets, have been calculated by analysts MEC to be the most cost-effective foundation for projects with turbines of around 6MW in waters down to around 40 metres, potentially 24% cheaper than jacket or monopile.
"UF's mono bucket foundation recently emerged as one of the most promising technology developments in the European offshore wind industry," says LeedCo president Lorry Wagner.
"We
