- 300,000km of cable laid across a 34.5km onshore route to connect the power generated offshore, to homes and businesses
- Innovative drilling techniques used to limit the impact on people, wildlife and the environment
Completion of the Moray East offshore windfarm came a step closer as Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the 950MW project, announced work to install the onshore cable had ended.
The onshore cable, which starts near Banff, Aberdeenshire, takes the power generated offshore from the three 220kV subsea cables, and transmits it to the new onshore substation at New Deer, where it connects into the grid.
The works, which started in October 2018 saw more than 300,000 meters of high voltage cable laid across the 34.5km route. The cables, manufactured by TFK Cables in Poland, are loaded onto specialist cable drum trailers, and delivered by road and ferry, ready for installation.
Before work to lay the cable began, onshore groundworks and assessments were carried out. As an environmentally responsible contractor, Siemens Energy looks to limit the environmental impact of its construction work, and following these assessments, subcontracted the work to a specialist contractor VolkerInfra, with vast experience in Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD).
