1272 results found for 'scour'

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  • Jan De Nul Delivers Nobelwind Scour Protection

    9 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Offshore contractor Jan De Nul has completed the setup of scour protection (first phase) around the 51 foundations of the Nobelwind project. The scour protection is part of the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract the company signed with the offshore wind project Nobelwind in September 2015. The fall pipe vessel Simon Stevin was used for the erosion protection project, which consists of a […]

  • Scour Prevention Systems Gets Quality Management System Accreditation

    13 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Lowestoft-based business Scour Prevention Systems Ltd (SPSL) has attained ISO 9001 accreditation for its Quality Management Systems from the British Standards Institute. The company, based at the OrbisEnergy innovation centre, has developed an innovative and patented solution to remediate and eliminate scour around offshore structures and over cables, which is recognised as a significant problem […]

  • HR Wallingford Tests Scour Protection for East Anglia One

    8 May 2017
    Equipment

    HR Wallingford is carrying out physical modelling to test the scour development and the performance of a frond mat scour protection system to protect the jacket piles for the East Anglia One (EA ONE) offshore wind farm. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), the developer of the EA ONE, and Seabed Scour Control Systems (SSCS) visited the HR Wallingford’s […]

  • Germany: Peter Madsen Rederi Completes Scour Protection at Amrumbank

    25 November 2013

    Peter Madsen Rederi A/S has completed work on Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea. The Danish company has laid 45,000 sand bags around wind turbine foundations to prevent scour forming which would destabilise the foundation. The bags were filled with 60,000 tons of dredged sand, which were laid in a period of […]

  • Scour Prevention Systems Wins ‘One to Watch’ Award (UK)

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Lowestoft based start-up Scour Prevention Systems has won the ‘One to Watch’ award at the East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards 2013. The company, based at the OrbisEnergy innovation centre, has developed an innovative and patented solution to prevent scour around the base of offshore structures like wind turbines and over cables lying on the […]

  • IHCantabria Testing East Anglia ONE Scour Protection Options

    26 March 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria (IHCantabria) is carrying out an experiment campaign to evaluate the performance of different scour protection solutions on jacket foundations at the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • Scour Protection Installation Underway at Amrumbank West OWF (Germany)

    29 May 2013

    In April 2013 E.ON started preparations for constructing the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. So-called scour protection is currently being installed north-west of Helgoland. This comprises two layers of special sand bags on the seabed to prevent the sea current from washing away the sand around the foundations of the wind turbines, thus ensuring turbine […]

  • USACE Seeks Comments on Lock and Dam 5A Scour Repairs

    7 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on plans to repair scour holes and erosion immediately upstream and downstream of Lock and Dam 5A along, near Fountain City, Wisconsin. The proposed work includes filling scour holes and lining the bank with rock riprap along the Wisconsin bank. Rock would […]

  • Seahorse Ready for Gwynt y Môr Scour Protection Works

    20 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Rock dumping vessel Seahorse will start scour protection operations at various locations within and around the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in late November 2014, AWJ Marine informs. A Notice to Mariners issued regarding the work recquires all vessel traffic to keep at least 500m clear of Seahorse. Gwynt y Môr will consist of 160 turbines and […]

  • Scour Prevention Systems to Participate at Subsea Expo 2014 in UK

    4 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lowestoft-based business Scour Prevention Systems Ltd (SPSL) will exhibit at Europe’s largest annual subsea exhibition, the Subsea Expo, on 5-7th February in Aberdeen, where they will present their innovative, field proven Scour Prevention Mats. SPSL have been nominated for the UKTI sponsored ‘New to Exporting’ Award, the winner of which will be announced at the […]

  • Piles of Rock Around Foundation Piles Prevent Scour Formation (Denmark)

    7 February 2012

    Based on the extensive seabed surveys carried out in 2010, 42 turbine positions at Anholt offshore wind farm site have been identified as being at risk of extreme scour formation around the turbine foundation and it has therefore been decided to place a pile of rocks at the positions before the monopole is driven into […]

  • Balmoral launches new scour protection system for jacket foundations

    23 October 2023
    Equipment, Innovation

    Following the launch of its HexDefence scour protection solution for monopile foundations earlier this year, Balmoral has now launched a HexDefence system specifically designed for offshore wind jacket foundations. At the beginning of this year, the Scottish engineering company introduced HexDefence for monopile structures, which integrates seabed protection and flow reduction to minimise operational costs […]

  • Pipeshield Loads Out EA1 Second Phase Scour Protection

    5 August 2019

    Pipeshield International Ltd has loaded out the second phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. Pipeshield manufactured and supplied more than 300 fronded concrete mattresses, which were loaded in stacks of six using the company’s high payload wet store bases. Using the specialist system meant the fronded mattresses could […]

  • Deltares, HSM Offshore Update Borssele OHVS Scour Design

    10 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Deltares and HSM Offshore have updated the scour protection design for the Borssele Alpha and Beta offshore high-voltage substation (OHVS) platforms that connect offshore wind farms in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone, the Netherlands, to the grid.

  • Pipeshield Wins East Anglia One Scour Prevention Deal

    13 February 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Pipeshield International Limited has secured a contract by DeepOcean to supply the scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the Lowestoft-based company, more than 300 bespoke fronded concrete mattresses (FCMs) have been manufactured at the port of Great Yarmouth within close proximity of the deep water berth. Pipeshield […]

  • First jacket comes to slide into place at huge offshore gas project

    7 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    ADNOC has tucked a new construction milestone under its belt with the load-out and transport of the first jacket for its multibillion-dollar giant sour gas development, which aims to become the world’s first project to operate with net-zero emissions.

  • Peter Madsen Rederi Completes Scour Protection at Amrumbank OWF

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Peter Madsen Rederi A/S has completed work on Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea. The Danish company has laid 45,000 sand bags around wind turbine foundations to prevent scour forming which would destabilise the foundation. The bags were filled with 60,000 tons of dredged sand, which were laid in a period of […]

  • New Project to Improve Offshore Wind Turbine Monopiles Scour Protection

    8 June 2018
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Scour researchers from several institutions are set to start work on a collaborative project at HR Wallingford’s Fast Flow Facility (FFF) as part of PROTEUS, an EU-funded Hydralab+ project. The research project aims to improve the design of scour protection around offshore wind turbine monopiles, as well as future-proofing them against the impacts of climate change. […]

  • Diver’s Delight as Scour Prevention Idea Scoops Innovation Award (UK)

    2 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      During 30 years as a commercial diver Bob Durrant was often intrigued by the impact discarded car tyres had on the seabed. So instead of retiring, he launched a company to investigate whether linked tyres could prevent sand scouring which causes problems for turbines, cables and other subsea structures. Now Bob is celebrating the […]

  • Norfolk Marine’s TFN Scour Remediation System Installed at Scroby Sands

    4 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norfolk Marine Ltd has installed its Tyre Filled Net (TFN) Scour Remediation System at E.ON’s Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm. The system has been installed on 5 monopile foundations at the site to provide protection against further scouring of the seabed at the foundation bases. After extensive testing and development, including scale modelling at HR Wallingford’s new Fast Flow […]

  • Jan De Nul Provides Scour Protection for Butendiek OWF

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    In early 2014 the construction of the offshore wind farm Butendiek, located in the North Sea west of Sylt, started. Butendiek comprises 80 turbines with each 3.6 MW, resulting in a total capacity of 288 MW. Jan De Nul Group is in charge of the installation of scour protection for the 80 monopiles. The filter […]

  • Tideway Rollingstone to Recommence Scour Protection Work at Gwynt y Môr

    12 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Scour protection work is due to recommence within the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm on the 21st September 2014. As AWJ Marine informs, the work will be carried out by the vessel Tideway Rollingstone. All vessel traffic is asked to keep at least 500m clear of Tideway Rollingstone. Gwynt y Môr will consist of 160 turbines and is being […]

  • Scour protection works needed at one Trianel Windpark Borkum turbine

    5 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its installation. Therefore, the chosen company will also provide any […]

  • Pipeshield Wins East Anglia One Scour Prevention Deal

    13 February 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Pipeshield International Limited has secured a contract by DeepOcean to supply the scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the Lowestoft-based company, more than 300 bespoke fronded concrete mattresses (FCMs) have been manufactured at the port of Great Yarmouth within close proximity of the deep water berth. Pipeshield […]

  • RVO to study morphological and scour conditions at IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone

    18 February 2022
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; RVO) will open a tender for morphological and scour assessment of the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone in March, according to a prior information notice RVO issued on 14 February. The successful candidate will conduct a study into the morphological and scouring conditions at the offshore wind […]