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Metadata: 2011, JPKenny, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, Export Cable Route Concept Engineering
Abstract:
In January 2010, EDP Renováveis (EDPR) and SeaEnergy Renewables Limited (SERL) were awarded a Zone Development Agreement by The Crown Estate to develop wind farm sites within the Moray Firth zone, one of the nine zones comprised in Round 3 of the UK offshore wind competitive leases. EDPR and SERL have formed Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) to develop 1.5GW of offshore wind by 2020 within the zone. The objective of this desk-top study is to develop, evaluate, compare, and rank cable route options from the offshore substation to the onshore connection point at Peterhead, taking into consideration all aspects of routing issues including seabed and ground conditions, engineering constraints, third party interactions, environmental and physical constraints, and restricted zones. Additional ranking criteria for the routes comprise socio-economic considerations, risk, and through-life cost. Up to four routes will be recommended and ranked, each comprising offshore and onshore corridors, and proposed locations for the landfall and the onshore substations. Work related to Stage 1 of Work Package 7 – Cable Routing Concept Engineering followed the following objectives: • Generation of a comprehensive GIS geo-database and associated constraint maps; • Study of the bathymetry and slopes; • Appraisal of the proposed landfalls; • Development of cable routes options through a comprehensive desk-top route selection process. The objectives of Stage 2 of this desk-top study were to develop indicative cost estimates and to compare the route options in terms of complexity, risks and costs. This report was not updated at the end of Stage 2. Stage 3 had the aim to finalise the preferred concept routes by taking into account any new information arising from the advancement of parallel project activities. This report also discusses cable installation methodologies, construction vessel types, and decommissioning requirements, which are part of Work Package 9.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19303 |
| 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. | 2011, JPKenny, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, Export Cable Route Concept Engineering |
| 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. | af2cd5cb-604e-430d-b4ce-1cc64adf5831 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-326 |
| 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 | 2011-03-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-07-31 |
| 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. | In January 2010, EDP Renováveis (EDPR) and SeaEnergy Renewables Limited (SERL) were awarded a Zone Development Agreement by The Crown Estate to develop wind farm sites within the Moray Firth zone, one of the nine zones comprised in Round 3 of the UK offshore wind competitive leases. EDPR and SERL have formed Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) to develop 1.5GW of offshore wind by 2020 within the zone. The objective of this desk-top study is to develop, evaluate, compare, and rank cable route options from the offshore substation to the onshore connection point at Peterhead, taking into consideration all aspects of routing issues including seabed and ground conditions, engineering constraints, third party interactions, environmental and physical constraints, and restricted zones. Additional ranking criteria for the routes comprise socio-economic considerations, risk, and through-life cost. Up to four routes will be recommended and ranked, each comprising offshore and onshore corridors, and proposed locations for the landfall and the onshore substations. Work related to Stage 1 of Work Package 7 – Cable Routing Concept Engineering followed the following objectives: • Generation of a comprehensive GIS geo-database and associated constraint maps; • Study of the bathymetry and slopes; • Appraisal of the proposed landfalls; • Development of cable routes options through a comprehensive desk-top route selection process. The objectives of Stage 2 of this desk-top study were to develop indicative cost estimates and to compare the route options in terms of complexity, risks and costs. This report was not updated at the end of Stage 2. Stage 3 had the aim to finalise the preferred concept routes by taking into account any new information arising from the advancement of parallel project activities. This report also discusses cable installation methodologies, construction vessel types, and decommissioning requirements, which are part of Work Package 9. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The objective of this desk-top study is to develop, evaluate, compare, and rank cable route options from the offshore substation to the onshore connection point at Peterhead, taking into consideration all aspects of routing issues including seabed and ground conditions, engineering constraints, third party interactions, environmental and physical constraints, and restricted zones. Additional ranking criteria for the routes comprise socio-economic considerations, risk, and through-life cost. Up to four routes will be recommended and ranked, each comprising offshore and onshore corridors, and proposed locations for the landfall and the onshore substations. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation |
| 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 | Pre-Construction engineering | |
| 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 | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.322968 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.569726 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.003955 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.217783 |
| 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 | Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd | |
| Individual name | Rebecca Hughes | |
| Position name | GIS and Data Manager | |
| info@morayoffshorerenewables.co.uk | ||
| 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-326/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. | 2026-09-10 |
| 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. | 2026-09-10 |
| 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 |