Scour-buster 'could save offshore wind hundreds of millions'

An innovative new technology that could save offshore wind farm operators hundreds of millions of pounds by protecting turbines against being undermined by the effect of scour will be fine-tuned under a £1m ($1.3m) project being run by a six-company consortium led by ScottishPower Renewables (SPR).

The Self-Installing Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Farms (SISProtect) scheme, which is expected to reduce costs for an offshore wind farm by £8.6m