Gravity base turbine developments

Gravity bases used to support wind turbines are not new and there have been a number of installations using these systems. In the main these are based on massive concrete structures that are floated out and then ballasted down onto a prepared sea bed using either sand or concrete as the long term ballast.

6 of the 54 turbine foundations at Belgium's  Thornton Bank OWF are concrete gravity bases

Gravity bases used to support wind turbines are not new and there have been a number of installations using these systems. In the main these are based on massive concrete structures that are floated out and then ballasted down onto a prepared sea bed using either sand or concrete as the long term ballast.