Onshore Construction Start

Onshore construction for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm, as part of RWE’s Norfolk Vanguard West, Vanguard East and Boreas cluster, began in 2023 with the start of works on the underground cable route running between the landfall at Happisburgh and the National Grid connection point at Necton. The project website explains that onshore construction of this underground cable route is now well underway, reflecting tangible progress on the approximately 60 km onshore corridor that will transmit power from the three consented wind farms to the national transmission system. These works form a core part of the shared onshore infrastructure for the 4.2 GW Norfolk Zone, which will ultimately host 276 turbines located about 47 km offshore. The project timeline on the Norfolk Zone site further clarifies that in 2023 enabling works began at the substation site and along the full length of the onshore cable route, marking the formal commencement of onshore construction activities. Looking ahead, the same timeline shows that onshore construction is planned to continue through 2024, particularly at the substation site and along the westernmost 20 km of the route from Necton to the River Wensum. Together, these statements confirm that the onshore construction phase for the cable route serving Norfolk Vanguard West and its sister projects has already started and is progressing on schedule within the Norfolk Zone development.