Wind sector is steeling itself to venture into the deeps

For deep-water wind, traditional mono-piles will not do. Last week, the UK Carbon Trust began the process of sifting through over 100 proposals for new-design foundations that should make it more economic to switch on wind turbines in water depths down to 60 metres — and beyond.

30 June 2009 12:52 GMT Updated 26 September 2016 15:03 GMT

By Darius Snieckus

Bringing a whopping 29–33 gigawatts (GW) of electricity on line from offshore wind farms by the end of the next decade, as the UK government aims to do to meet one of its key renewable-energy milestones, means that as many as 8,000 turbines will have to be designed, built and installed off Britain as developers wade out into deeper-water zones.

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