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kristopher

(29,798 posts)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 02:51 PM Feb 2013

Offshore wind: how the 'suction bucket' technique works - video

Last edited Tue Feb 5, 2013, 03:47 PM - Edit history (2)

video here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2013/jan/22/offshore-wind-suction-bucket-technique-video

With the help of a tin can, a fish tank and Phil de Villiers, head of offshore wind at the Carbon Trust, Damian Carrington demonstrates a new technique for building offshore windfarms. The 'suction bucket' technique has been developed by Danish company Universal Foundation with the UK's Carbon Trust, and means potential savings of billions of pounds on the construction of new offshore windfarms



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