May 8, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--An alternative type of foundation for offshore windfarms that avoids pile-driving, a technique that can be disruptive to marine mammals, appears safe to use, the U.S. federal government said.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), part of the Interior Department, said Monday that it finished its review of so-called suction bucket foundations proposed for the Beacon Windfarm's lease area off the coast of Massachusetts.