2013, HR Wallingford, Dudgeon, Scour Development for WTG Foundations

Statoil and Statkraft acquired the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project in October 2012 through the acquisition of all shares in Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd, a subsidary of the UK energy company Warwick Energy Ltd. Concept selection for the offshore foundations is planned later this year and as part of this concept selection process Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd need information about scour development for the alternative concepts. The study reported on here focused on identifying the scour potential for the different foundation concepts being evaluated for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project.