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Metadata: 2010, Turner and Townsend, Blyth NaREC Offshore Demonstrator Site, Cable Shore Landing Study
Abstract:
The National Renewable Energy Centre Limited (Narec) is in the process of developing an offshore wind farm test site in the North Sea near Blyth, Northumberland. It is currently proposed that the test site will consist of up to four pre-consented arrays which will provide a facility for wind turbine manufacturers and developers (tenants) to deploy prototype or demonstration turbines and foundations. The offshore arrays will be connected to a Narec onshore substation using a combination of offshore and onshore cable systems presently anticipated to be insulated for 33 kV. The precise location and installation conditions for the offshore cables are currently unknown. In order to facilitate development of the cable routes, Narec has requested Turner & Townsend to model the 33 kV cable installations from the location of the offshore electrical connection facility to the submarine/land cable transition pits which are to be located in the vicinity of a railway embankment at Cambois, Northumberland. In this regard Mott MacDonald Limited is subcontracted to Turner and Townsend to prepare a report on cable options including ratings and other technical issues. The purpose of the cable rating study is to study only those areas that will negatively affect the current carrying capability of the circuit and to aid understanding of various aspects of the route and their effects on the current rating of the cable circuits.
Data holder:
National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd.
Use constraints:
http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4959 |
| 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, Turner and Townsend, Blyth NaREC Offshore Demonstrator Site, Cable Shore Landing 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. | 81eea401-8c13-4cae-8683-dc93fe42a867 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 00321 |
| 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 | 2010-08-31 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2010-08-31 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The National Renewable Energy Centre Limited (Narec) is in the process of developing an offshore wind farm test site in the North Sea near Blyth, Northumberland. It is currently proposed that the test site will consist of up to four pre-consented arrays which will provide a facility for wind turbine manufacturers and developers (tenants) to deploy prototype or demonstration turbines and foundations. The offshore arrays will be connected to a Narec onshore substation using a combination of offshore and onshore cable systems presently anticipated to be insulated for 33 kV. The precise location and installation conditions for the offshore cables are currently unknown. In order to facilitate development of the cable routes, Narec has requested Turner & Townsend to model the 33 kV cable installations from the location of the offshore electrical connection facility to the submarine/land cable transition pits which are to be located in the vicinity of a railway embankment at Cambois, Northumberland. In this regard Mott MacDonald Limited is subcontracted to Turner and Townsend to prepare a report on cable options including ratings and other technical issues. The purpose of the cable rating study is to study only those areas that will negatively affect the current carrying capability of the circuit and to aid understanding of various aspects of the route and their effects on the current rating of the cable circuits. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Narec is planning to develop the infrastructure for an off-shore wind farm test facility that will consist of a maximum of four arrays with up to five WTGs in each array. Currently the WTGs are expected to be at the leading edge of present developments and to have a capacity in the range of 5 to 10 MW each. It is envisaged that the WTGs will be interconnected at 33 kV with each array having its own 33 kV cable connection into a new Narec owned 33/66 kV substation with a single point of connection to the local distribution network. Narec is co-operating with other known Developers with intentions to bring wind farm reticulation ashore to the 275 kV Blyth Substation (formerly Blyth Power Station) owned by National Grid and the 66 kV bus connected to it. The capacity of the connection currently under negotiation with NEDL is for a maximum infeed of 99 MW. The route for the 33 kV cables is not yet decided but is planned to make landfall somewhere along the Cambois coastline in the near vicinity of Cambois railway underpass and former site of Blyth Power Station. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | Cable Landfall | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Offshore cable corridor | |
| 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 | Onshore substation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for lease area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Terrestrial mapping |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.24 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.53 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.1 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.27 |
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| mde@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | marinedataexchange.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 | National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd. | |
| Position name | Data Controller | |
| Delivery point | Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ Offshore house, Albert street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1LZ | |
| Postal code | NE24 1LZ | |
| City | Blyth | |
| data.controller@narec.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.narec.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Turner and Townsend | |
| data.controller@narec.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.turnerandtownsend.com | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Mott MacDonald Limited | |
| newcastle@mottmac.com | ||
| URL | www.mottmac.com | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/83/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx | |
| 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. | 2026-04-19 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-08-28 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |