Northwind + Nobelwind Shared Export

Offshore GridOperationalBE381 MW220 kV

Basic Information

Also known as:Cableco 220 kV export cable, Northwind 220 kV export cable, Northwind–Nobelwind shared export cable, Northwind–Nobelwind gedeelde aansluiting

Status:Operational

Capacity:381 MW

Transmission Model:Developer Full

Project Company:

Cableco CVBA

Type:offshore grid

Website:odnature.naturalsciences.be

Description:

The Northwind–Nobelwind shared export is a developer-built 220 kV AC offshore export connection that carries the combined output of the Northwind (216 MW, commissioned 2014) and Nobelwind (165 MW, commissioned 2017) offshore wind farms to shore at Zeebrugge. The system collects power at the Northwind Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS)...

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System Topology

ExportInter Platform

React Flow

Route

	North Sea	Bligh Bank (Belgian part of the North Sea)	West Flanders
Landfall	N/A	N/A	—
Grid Connection	—	—	Stevin 220/380 kV substation (Elia)

North Sea

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Bligh Bank (Belgian part of the North Sea)

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

West Flanders

Landfall:—

Grid:Stevin 220/380 kV substation (Elia)

Cable Specifications

Cableco 220 kV export cable (Northwind & Nobelwind) to Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium

1 × 220 kV HVAC · 381 MVA · 38 km subsea

System:1 × 220 kV HVAC

Power rating:381 MVA

Route length:38 km subsea

Burial depth:

Sources describing the Northwind–Nobelwind shared 220 kV export connection state that inter-array cables were targeted for ~1 m burial while the export cable was targeted for about 2 m burial...

Fibre optic:

A CREG project/contract document references a 'fiber optic connection between Zeebrugge & Control room' associated with the shared Northwind–Nobelwind connection, indicating that fibre communications provision exists as part of the...

Nobelwind – Northwind 220 kV interconnector

1 × 220 kV HVAC · 381 MVA

System:1 × 220 kV HVAC

Power rating:381 MVA

Burial depth:

Project documentation for Northwind (export) and related Parkwind projects describes standard practice for submarine cable protection in this area: inter-array (infield) cables are buried by jetting to roughly ~1 m...

Collector Stations

Northwind Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS)

Lodewijk Bank, Belgium

381 MW 220 kV · offshore

Rating:381 MW · 220 kV

Location:offshore

Nobelwind Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS)

Bligh Bank, Belgium

165 MW 220 kV · offshore

Rating:165 MW · 220 kV

Location:offshore

Stevin 220/380 kV substation

Belgium

380 kV · onshore

Rating:380 kV

Location:onshore