North Hoyle Export

Offshore GridOperationalGB60 MW33 kV7.5 km

Basic Information

Also known as:Round 1 (UK), North Hoyle export cables, NHOWF

Status:Operational

Capacity:60 MW

Transmission Model:Developer Full

Owners:

Greencoat Wind UK plc

Project Company:

North Hoyle Wind Farm Limited

Type:offshore grid

Description:

North Hoyle Export is the HVAC export connection for the 60 MW North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm (30 x Vestas V80, 2 MW) in Liverpool Bay, North Wales. The farm is connected directly to shore with no offshore substation; the offshore works comprise turbine foundations, inter-turbine cabling and two export...

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Cable Specifications

North Hoyle Export Cable 1

Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

1 × 33 kV HVAC · copper · 7.5 km

System:1 × 33 kV HVAC

Construction:copper

Route length:7.5 km(7.5 subsea)

Burial depth:

Export and inter-array cabling at North Hoyle were buried to a nominal/target depth of approximately 1.5 m where burial was feasible. Site monitoring and post-construction surveys confirmed burial to that...

Fibre optic:

Cables used in the North Hoyle array and export works include optical fibres embedded between the power cores for data transmission and communications (protection/control signalling and site communications). Source documents...

North Hoyle Export Cable 2

Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

1 × HVAC · 7.5 km subsea

System:1 × HVAC

Route length:7.5 km subsea

Burial depth:

All North Hoyle cabling (inter-array and export) was installed buried to a nominal depth of 1.5 m. Where cables were exposed at the J-tubes / shore approaches, local protection (rock/rock...

Fibre optic:

The wind-farm cabling includes optical fibres embedded with the power cores; inter-array/export cable designs used three-core copper conductors with steel wire armouring and embedded optical fibres for data/communications. Number of...