Projects
Understanding how water moves, behaves and influences communities and industries across the globe.
Water is becoming scarcer in many places and increasingly volatile in others. Building sustainable communities, industries and infrastructure is becoming more challenging. Our wide range of projects highlights our innovation, our creativity, and our focus on finding solutions that rise to that challenge and positively impact our clients and the communities they serve.
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Optimising intake and outfall designs in a complex coastal environment
HR Wallingford’s expert guidance was pivotal in achieving substantial cost savings for a desalination plant in a manufacturing facility off the coast of India, underscoring the value of our specialist knowledge in seawater intake and outfall design. By navigating the complexities of this challenging
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Sizewell C cooling water system
The new nuclear plant at Sizewell C, East Suffolk, has a key role to play in securing a low carbon future for the UK. It will power 6 million homes using two new generation European Pressurised Reactors. Our guidance has helped to optimise the design of the plant’s critical cooling water system.
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Scour protection for supersized monopiles at Coastal Virginia
We designed the innovative scour protection for the foundations at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, which will last for decades and withstand hurricane force conditions.
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Examining the marine impact of offshore wind growth
We are part of a consortium conducting novel research to support offshore wind to expand in a sustainable way. Data collected from tests with Bangor University in our physical modelling hall will be combined with findings by the other ECOWind-ACCELERATE project partners to assess how current and
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Mpatamanga hydropower project: managing sediments in Malawi’s Shire River
The Shire River is the largest river in Malawi. A dam and hydropower project is planned on the Shire which will trap sediment in a new reservoir. We explored the potential impact this would have on power generation and the infrastructure and habitats up and downstream of the new structure.
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Floating wind design: analysing deep sea challenges for the Stinger Keel
Our analysis of a cutting-edge floating wind foundation design – the Stinger Keel – is helping address the challenges of making huge turbines safe and affordable to build and install in the harsh conditions of deep seas.
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DAMSAT
Minimising the risk of dams failures using remote sensing data.
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