Invited Presentation: Zhejiang Geotechnics & Centrifuge Research Groups, Zhejiang University, China: Keeping the noise and CO2 down in renewable energy structures and infrastructure

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• Projects

• Supergen Wind Challenge 2015: Screw Piles for Wind Energy Foundation Systems (Joint with Universities of Durham and Southampton)

  Project: Research

• Development of Screw Anchors for Floating Marine Renewable Energy Systems Arrays Incorporating Anchor Sharing (SAFS) (Joint with University of Liege)

  Project: Research

• Mechanical Response and Deformation Mechanism of Large-Scale Helical Anchors during Installation in Heterogeneous Layered Soil for Floating Offshore Wind

  Project: Research

• Research Outputs

• The effect of installation advancement ratio on interaction between helices of screw piles for offshore renewable energy

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Sustainable Overhead Line Equipment foundations with optimised shape and backfilling

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Effects of installation advancement ratio on cyclic uplift response of a single-helix screw pile: Experimental and numerical investigation in sand

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Tensile response of screw piles with varying installation approaches in layered sand

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Centrifuge modelling of two-way axial cyclic response of screw piles for offshore wind

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Predicting the installation of pushed-in cluster piles for offshore wind foundations in sand

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Pushed-in piles, a silent piling method for offshore wind turbine foundations.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Large-scale uplift tests to improve design of pad foundations for Overhead Line Equipment

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Improved uplift capacity design for overhead line equipment (OLE) in granular soils

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Prizes

• Institution of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Research Medal 2023

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Institution of Civil Engineers Physical Modelling Prize 2026

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025 finalist

  Prize: National/international honour

• Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Gold Medal 2024

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Activity

• Public Engagement: P3/4 Class STEM interactive demonstration developing efficient wind turbines and silent foundations for offshore wind, Tannadice Primary School, Angus

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Invited Presentation: Tianjin Geotechnics Group and the Earthquake Engineering & Resilience Group: Developing screw piles for Offshore Renewable energy

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Invited presentation on behalf of Scottish & Southern Electricity and National Grid: Case Study: OHL Foundation Uplift, Redesigning overhead line foundations with reduced carbon impact

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Invited Presentation: Tongji Geotechnics Research Group, Tongji University, China: Combining Numerical and Physical modelling to enhance geotechnical success for offshore renewable energy

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Invited talk: Chalmers University Geotechnics Group Research seminar- Enhancing the design and sustainability of overhead line (OLE) foundations in tension

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Invited Talk: University of Bristol Geotechnics Group, Physical & Numerical modelling to enhance the design and sustainability of overhead line (OLE) foundations in tension

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Zhejiang University

  Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution

• Theses

• Cyclic performance of screw piles for offshore floating wind

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Screw piles as offshore foundations : Numerical and physical modelling

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Effects of Rotary Installation on the Axial Capacity of Displacement Piles in Sand

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Development and Installation Optimisation of Screw Piles for Offshore Wind Energy Foundation Systems

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Optimisation and enhancement of uplift performance of steel grillage foundations for OHLs

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Press/Media

• Screw anchors could enable floating deep-sea wind farms

  Press/Media: Research

• Scottish university looks to revolutionise wind energy with floating turbines

  Press/Media: Research

• How about Screwing Offshore Wind Piles?

  Press/Media: Research

• Heerema developing Silent Foundation Concepts Technology in coordination with the University of Dundee

  Press/Media: Research

• Dundee projects and academics recognised in Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025

  Press/Media: Research

• New floating wind farm research could increase installation depth

  Press/Media: Research

• Datasets

• University of Dundee Test Data for the EPSRC Supergen Wind Hub Grand Challenges Project: Screw Piles for Wind Energy Foundations (Grant no. EP/N006054/1)

  Dataset

• Centrifuge dataset for screw pile cyclic performance

  Dataset