Exposed
from
behind
this
layer
of
shielding
stone,
turbines
could
potentially
be
dangerously
destabilised
by
the
effect
of
scour
—
the
wave-
and
tide-driven
sediment
that
can
eat
away
at
the
seabed
around
fixed
structures.
A
team
from
the
Technical
University
of
Denmark
(
DTU)
carried
out
model
tests
designed
to
mirror
the
impact
of
offshore
conditions
on
the
three-layer
cover
of
“scour
protection”
placed
around
the
80
turbines
at
Horns
Rev
1,
which,
three
years
after
installation,
had
sunk
by
as
much
as
1.5
metres.
Experiments
in
the
current…
