christo2024
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I think most East coaster's will know where it is. !
Nice pic for you
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tillergirl
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Oohh excellent. I've planned to go and have a look for years and never got round to it.
Now as someone interested in piles in the sand, do you think the Wind Farm will go the same way as the Swin Lighthouse (foundations undermined by tidal scour?)
Now as someone interested in piles in the sand, do you think the Wind Farm will go the same way as the Swin Lighthouse (foundations undermined by tidal scour?)
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pyrojames
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I understand that they are already having trouble with that.
bastonjock
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as a rig diver on Jack up rigs,(these are the type that can raise and drop their legs and are used for drilling).We had to check them on a regular basis for scour as it was a problem but ,with the fixed leg production platforms scour was not a problem as the legs are pile driven into the sea bed and usually filled with concrete.There may be problems regarding marine growth unless they have managed to come up with an antifoul that works.
The only real winners of these offshore farms will be marine life as they will provide havens for them where the commercial fishermen cannot fish.
how long will it be before a storm drives a vessel onto one of these wind farms?
The only real winners of these offshore farms will be marine life as they will provide havens for them where the commercial fishermen cannot fish.
how long will it be before a storm drives a vessel onto one of these wind farms?
MoodySabre
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christo2024
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tidal scour
Well, there is a lot of monitoring right now around the turbines for scour. Each turbine, especially the ones in the shallower water (and you can check this for yourself) has a 2-3m scour hole on the Sw, W, NW sector. Why its more pronounced on the flood, I dont know. The ebb always runs harder.
I think they will have problems personally. In over 20 knots of wind, the engineers in the nacelle unit feel sick from the swaying of the turbine in the wind. Something we dont notice from sea level.....................!!
I'll post some more pics of the lighthouse in due course.....
Chris
Well, there is a lot of monitoring right now around the turbines for scour. Each turbine, especially the ones in the shallower water (and you can check this for yourself) has a 2-3m scour hole on the Sw, W, NW sector. Why its more pronounced on the flood, I dont know. The ebb always runs harder.
I think they will have problems personally. In over 20 knots of wind, the engineers in the nacelle unit feel sick from the swaying of the turbine in the wind. Something we dont notice from sea level.....................!!
I'll post some more pics of the lighthouse in due course.....
Chris
tillergirl
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Umm, doesn't give you confidence does it? I would have thought if it achieves a 3m hole that's pretty significant? I wonder where it sways from? Down in the sea bed. I wonder if the side of the scour has anything to do with the prevailing wind and the effect of the sway. I guess they are all swaying tonight!
mylo
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This has been the worst kept secret from within the wind industry for years. The problem stems from the grout used to connect the pile to the Transition Piece (the yellow bit) slipping.
The problem has now been designed out by making the piles tapered.
Jomo
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Maybe the Government could apply for an EU environment protection grant
christo2024
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fishing in windfarms
Who says commercial fishermen cannot work in windfarms?
Yes, some may have received a little compensation but there is nothing to stop them entering the site now. I was talking to a trawler working in the site 3 weeks ago.
Anglers too now flock there. Especially at weekends.
All inter-turbine cables are now buried. (but for how long!)
Who says commercial fishermen cannot work in windfarms?
Yes, some may have received a little compensation but there is nothing to stop them entering the site now. I was talking to a trawler working in the site 3 weeks ago.
Anglers too now flock there. Especially at weekends.
All inter-turbine cables are now buried. (but for how long!)