The demonstrator, set to be carried out in the third quarter, will see deployment of Danish contractor Universal Foundation's (UF) new-look concept -- a bucket-shaped foundation base that is sunk into the seabed and leveled using hundreds of of built-in water jets -- on the giant Dogger Bank, Hornsea and Dudgeon development zones.

"The suction bucket foundation is a really great innovation for the industry as you can install it faster and at lower costs than conventional steel foundations," says Jan Matthiesen, director of the UK Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator.

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