Scroby Sands Export

Offshore GridOperationalGB60 MW12.6 km

Basic Information

Also known as:Scroby Sands export cable, Scroby Sands 33kV export circuits, Scroby Sands–Great Yarmouth 33kV connection

Status:Operational

Capacity:60 MW

Transmission Model:Developer Full

Owners:

RWE(100%)

Type:offshore grid

Description:

Scroby Sands export is the three-circuit HVAC export connection for the Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm (30 × 2 MW, total 60 MW), commissioned in 2004. The connection comprises three parallel export circuits (commonly referenced as the Red, Blue and Green circuits) carrying generated power ashore via subsea export cables...

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Cable Specifications

Scroby Sands Export Cable - Red circuit

Newtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom

1 × HVAC · 4.2 km

System:1 × HVAC

Route length:4.2 km(2.5 subsea · 1.7 land)

Burial depth:

Target/nominal burial depths and achievable depths vary along the route and with seabed conditions. Project assessments for the area recommend burial below the mobile sediment layer; a nominal 1.0 m...

Scroby Sands Export Cable - Blue circuit

Newtown, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

1 × HVAC · 20 MVA · 4.2 km

System:1 × HVAC

Power rating:20 MVA

Route length:4.2 km(2.5 subsea · 1.7 land)

Burial depth:

No explicit single required/actual burial depth for the Scroby Sands export cables was found in the reviewed sources. Industry and project guidance referenced in the documents advises burial where practicable...

Scroby Sands Export Cable - Green circuit

Newtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom

1 × HVAC · 4.2 km

System:1 × HVAC

Route length:4.2 km(2.5 subsea · 1.7 land)

Burial depth:

Burial varied along the route and was constrained by mobile sandwave/shelf sediments in the area. Project documents and assessments for the Scroby Sands area discuss burial targets on the order...