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EuroWire – July 2008 41
english technology news
by Scira Offshore Energy Ltd, a
company established specifically for
this development and owned 50% by
StatoilHydro and 50% by Evelope Project.
Nexans – France
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Nexans has been awarded a contract
worth an estimated 24 million Euro to
supply the submarine export cables for
the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind
farm project, located approximately 20km
offshore from Sheringham, on England’s
north Norfolk coast.
The full execution of the cable contract,
awarded by StatoilHydro, is subject to
offshore development consent from the
UK government and the project’s final
investment decision, expected during the
second half of 2008.
The contract includes engineering,
procurement and construction of
two 22 km 145 kV XLPE (cross-linked
polyethylene) submarine export cables,
and a spare cable with associated
equipment. An optical fibre cable
manufactured at Nexans site in Rognan
will also be included.
The power cables will be manufactured in
Norway for delivery in mid April 2010.
Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm secures
its submarine cable
The proposed wind
farm will cover an
area of 35 km2 in
water averaging
20m water depth.
It is planned that
88 wind turbine
generators, with a
unit rating of 3.6 MW,
will be connected
via a network of
infield cables to two
offshore substations.
The total installed
generation capacity
will be 315 MW
and, in an average year, approximately
1.1 TWh of power is expected to be
available for export to the regional
distribution network at Salle substation.
Completion and production start-up
of the wind farm is planned for 3rd
quarter 2011. The Sheringham Shoal
Offshore Wind Farm will be developed
An artist's impression of the proposed Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm ▲ ▲