2006, Centrica/AMEC/RES, Race Bank, Docking Shoal and Lincs Offshore Wind Farms, A Review of Export Cable Installation Methodology, Techniques and Tools series https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=015_1bf2630600115b6884675f8da9dd7864 The connection of the Centrica Round 2 Offshore Wind Farms to the proposed substation at Walpole St. Peter presents a number of challenges that require a specialised and unique approach. Due to the protected status of the environment in the Wash and its sensitivity to disturbance, it is critical that the engineering methods proposed for installing the cables from the sub-tidal, through the inter-tidal and across the mudflats on to land is given due consideration. Centrica has committed to deliver sufficient detailed data for the ‘appropriate assessment’, a key part of the consenting process for this project. It is critical to the ongoing project development process that this is achieved and that the information presented at the appropriate assessment is complete. The main objective of this desk top study is to summarise the methodology and tools likely to be employed for the installation of the export cables. The methodology described is that which is thought to have the lowest environmental impact and the highest cable integrity reliability at the time of writing. The benefits of sub marine cable burial include mechanical protection of the cable and possibly reduced long term environmental and visual impacts. 20060816 20060101