Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

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Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm
Energy Plants
Wind Turbines
Official name: Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

Country	England
State	Norfolk
Region	East of England
District	North Norfolk
Municipality	Sheringham

Website: http://www.scira.co.uk/index.html

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is a proposed project to build offshore wind turbines. The nearest turbine will be a minimum distance of approximately 9 nautical miles (17 km) to the shore. The turbines will be supported by foundations secured to the sea bed. It is proposed that the Wind Farm will consist of approximately 45 to 108 wind turbines. The turbines rated power will be between approximately 3.0 and 7.0 MW, with an estimated maximum power capacity of 315 MW. The wind farm will have a total area of approximately 14 sq. miles (35 sq. km).^[1] The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm will provide enough power for approximately 238,000 homes, over twice the equivalent electricity required to supply the whole of the North Norfolk coast.

1 Project overview
2 The Schedule
- 2.1 Export cable
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Project overview

The United Kingdom has the potential to be largest offshore wind resource in the world and it has been estimated that the UK could provide over 33% of the total European potential for offshore wind energy. This is enough to power the country nearly three times over. Britain’s relatively shallow waters and strong winds extend far into the North Sea. The development of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is another step towards tapping this unlimited and natural resource.

[edit] The Schedule

Planning applications have now been made by Scira Offshore Energy Limited. Scira is a joint venture company which was formed to develop the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The joint venture has been formed between two companies, StatoilHydro of Norway and Ecoventures BV of the Netherlands, both of which have a 50% stake in the venture and expect to provide a strong alliance for successfully developing and achieving planning consent for the wind farm. Applications for a number of regulatory consents were made in May 2006 to the DBERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Formally the DTI) which leads the consent process in association with DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). On 12 March 2007^[2] Scira Offshore Energy Limited was granted an electricity generation license by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). It is hoped that once the planning consent that procurement and contracting can be finalized by 2008. Onshore construction will then proceed between 2009 and 2010 with the offshore construction activity taking place between 2010 and 2011.

[edit] Export cable

In April 2008, cable company Nexans was awarded the cable supply contract by StatoilHydro ASA. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement and construction of two 22km, 145 kilovolt (kV) XLPE submarine export cables, and a spare cable with associated equipment. An optical fibre cable will also be included.^[3]