14. On the rocks

Rocks barely sound interesting, yet they are essential for the stability of wind turbine foundations. After all, they are used to prevent the erosion of sand around the monopile. Currently, the installation process of the scour protection requires three steps. Therefore, the Optimising Pile Installation through Scour protection (OPIS) project is researching how to improve this process. The research is well underway, and its researchers are nothing but “optimistic”.

Listen to the podcast with Ton Peters and Cihan Cengiz of Deltares and David de Jager of GROW.

Find out more: https://grow-to-go.nl/202312-opis