Moray East OFTO

Offshore GridOperationalGB900 MW220 kV184.88 km

Basic Information

Also known as:Moray East OFTO, TC Moray East OFTO, TC Moray East OFTO Limited, TR7 Moray East OFTO

Status:Operational

Capacity:900 MW

Transmission Model:Developer Build & Transfer

Owners:

International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP)(51%)

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd (DEI)(49%)

Project Company:

TC Moray East OFTO Limited

Type:offshore grid

Expected Life:25 years

Website:www.morayeast.com

Description:

Moray East OFTO comprises the offshore electricity transmission assets that connect the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm (100 x 9.5 MW turbines) in the outer Moray Firth to the GB transmission network. The system is an AC HVAC export link built to 220 kV with three offshore substation...

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Route

	Outer Moray Firth	Outer Moray Firth	Outer Moray Firth	Aberdeenshire
Landfall	N/A	N/A	N/A	Inverboyndie Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Grid Connection	—	—	—	New Deer 275kV (400kV) substation

Outer Moray Firth

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Outer Moray Firth

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Outer Moray Firth

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Aberdeenshire

Landfall:Inverboyndie Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Grid:New Deer 275kV (400kV) substation

Cable Specifications

Export cable — Telford OSP to New Deer

Boyndie Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

1 × 220 kV HVAC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 340 MVA

System:1 × 220 kV HVAC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Power rating:340 MVA

Burial depth:

Sources do not give a single fixed burial depth. The export circuits are buried where feasible offshore and onshore; each submarine circuit includes a landfall/transition joint bay and around 1...

Fibre optic:

The export cable circuits are described as including associated fibre optics (i.e., fibre cores within the export cable circuits for SCADA/control/telecoms). Regulatory documents and project summaries confirm the presence of...

Export cable — Offshore Platform (GB 2) to New Deer

Inverboyndie Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

1 × 220 kV HVAC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 92.5 km

System:1 × 220 kV HVAC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Route length:92.5 km(58 subsea · 34.5 land)

Burial depth:

The export cable circuits are installed as buried submarine and onshore export cables with a nearshore shore crossing using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). Regulatory and project documents state each offshore...

Fibre optic:

Project and regulator documents explicitly state the export cable circuits include associated fibre optics. The fibre is described as being provided with the submarine and onshore export cables (i.e., fibre...

Export cable — Offshore Platform (GB 3) to New Deer

Inverboyndie Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

1 × 220 kV HVAC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 92.38 km

System:1 × 220 kV HVAC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Route length:92.38 km(57.88 subsea · 34.5 land)

Burial depth:

Export circuits include nearshore horizontal directional drill (HDD) sections of around 1 km at the transition joint bays; the offshore export cables are buried along their offshore and onshore routes....

Fibre optic:

The export cable circuits are stated to include associated fibre optics (for SCADA/control and communications); regulatory and project documents confirm fibre cores are present in the export cables but do...

OSP interlink — Telford ↔ Offshore Platform (GB 2) (66kV interlink)

1 × 66 kV HVAC

System:1 × 66 kV HVAC

Route length:0 km land

OSP interlink — Telford ↔ Offshore Platform (GB 3) (66kV interlink)

1 × 66 kV HVAC

System:1 × 66 kV HVAC

OSP interlink — Offshore Platform (GB 2) ↔ Offshore Platform (GB 3) (66kV interlink)

66 kV HVAC

System:66 kV HVAC

Route length:0 km land

Burial depth:

Project documentation describes the array and inter‑platform/interlink cables as buried subsea (the windfarm electrical system collects power via buried inter‑array cables to the three offshore substation platforms, which are connected...

Collector Stations

Telford Offshore Substation Platform

Telford (Moray East offshore substation platform, Moray Firth), United Kingdom

315 MW 220 kV · offshore

Rating:315 MW · 220 kV

Location:offshore

Offshore Platform (GB 2)

Moray Firth (Moray East offshore platform site, ~22 km off the Caithness coast), United Kingdom

220 kV · offshore

Rating:220 kV

Location:offshore

Offshore Platform (GB 3)

United Kingdom

315 MW 220 kV · offshore

Rating:315 MW · 220 kV

Location:offshore

New Deer substation

New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

900 MW 275 kV · onshore

Rating:900 MW · 275 kV

Location:onshore