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Metadata: 2010-2011, Intertek-METOC, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, OFTO Offshore Route Desk Study
Abstract:
MORL has commissioned Intertek-Metoc and Hyder to identify and evaluate possible offshore and onshore cable routes and substation sites. The principal objectives of this study are to identify options and assess feasibility for: - Route corridors for the export cable (onshore and offshore) - Landfalls - Onshore substation locations The study includes an assessment of the likely offshore and onshore environmental and consenting issues, engineering constraints and economic constraints for each route. Specifically, the Scope of Work will comprise: - The identification of possible onshore routes between suitable landfall areas and the grid connection point (including onshore substation locations, onshore export cable routes and landfall sites); - The identification of possible offshore export cable routes; - A review of the potential offshore and onshore environmental issues for each route identified - Review of possible consenting issues for each route identified - Review of the potential engineering constraints both onshore and offshore for each route identified
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 18347 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2010-2011, Intertek-METOC, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, OFTO Offshore Route Desk Study |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | OFTO Offshore Route Desk Study |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 17376aad-e183-4f57-8074-9b8b97318da5 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-370 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2010-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-01-20 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | MORL has commissioned Intertek-Metoc and Hyder to identify and evaluate possible offshore and onshore cable routes and substation sites. The principal objectives of this study are to identify options and assess feasibility for: - Route corridors for the export cable (onshore and offshore) - Landfalls - Onshore substation locations The study includes an assessment of the likely offshore and onshore environmental and consenting issues, engineering constraints and economic constraints for each route. Specifically, the Scope of Work will comprise: - The identification of possible onshore routes between suitable landfall areas and the grid connection point (including onshore substation locations, onshore export cable routes and landfall sites); - The identification of possible offshore export cable routes; - A review of the potential offshore and onshore environmental issues for each route identified - Review of possible consenting issues for each route identified - Review of the potential engineering constraints both onshore and offshore for each route identified |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | As discussed, the proposed route corridor and substation options have been developed based on the following criteria: Marine cable route corridors: Criteria developed by Intertek-Metoc based SHETL guidelines, best practice and UKCPC recommendations (see Appendix B.1). Land cable route corridors: Criteria adapted from the Holford rules to make them suitable for routing underground cables (see Appendix A.2). Substation sites: Approach based on the Holford Rules (Supplementary Notes on the Siting of Substations), and informed by MORL preference for sites within 1 km of Peterhead Power Station (see Appendix A.2). The following methodology has been used to quantify potential feasibility of the various elements of the transmission infrastructure, and to allow them to be ranked in terms of environmental and technical risks. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Engineering parameters |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Onshore Cable corridor | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.101418 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.690362 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.544316 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.189543 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd | |
| info@morayoffshorerenewables.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Intertek METOC | |
| Metoc.information@intertek.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd | |
| info@morayoffshorerenewables.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-370/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2026-09-08 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-09-27 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-09-08 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |