Scroby Sands Wind Farm

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Scroby Sands Wind Farm
Scrobysands04.11.2005.a.jpg
Scroby Sands Wind Turbines
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
Locationoff the coast of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Coordinates52°38′56″N 1°47′25″E / 52.64889°N 1.79028°E / 52.64889; 1.79028Coordinates: 52°38′56″N 1°47′25″E / 52.64889°N 1.79028°E / 52.64889; 1.79028
StatusOperational
Construction beganOctober 2003[1]
Commission dateMarch 2004[2]
Construction cost€87 million
Owner(s)E.ON UK
Wind farm
TypeOffshore
Max. water depth5–10 m (16–33 ft)
Distance from shore2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Hub height68 m (223 ft)
Rotor diameter80 m (260 ft)
Rated wind speed16 m/s (58 km/h)
Power generation
Units operational30 x 2 MW
Make and modelVestas V80-2MW
Nameplate capacity60 MW
Capacity factor32.42% (2012)
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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The Scroby Sands Wind Farm is a wind farm located on the Scroby Sands sandbank in the North Sea, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England, United Kingdom. It was commissioned in March 2004 by Powergen Renewables Offshore, a division of E.ON UK. It has a nameplate capacity of 60 megawatts and is able to produce power to supply 41,000 households. Between 2005 and 2010, its capacity factor was between 26 and 32%.[3] Its levelised cost has been estimated at £105/MWh.[4]

The farm consists of 30 wind turbines, located in water from 13 to 20 metres (43 to 66 ft) deep. Each turbine has three 40-metre (130 ft) blades that rotate around a centre-point some 60 metres (200 ft) above the mean sea level. The hollow 4.5-metre (14.8 ft) diameter steel masts that carry the turbines are piled as much as 30 metres (98 ft) into the sea bed, to provide stability on a substrate of shifting sands.

The wind turbines were designed and manufactured by a Danish firm, Vestas. Each turbine has a capacity of 2 megawatts.[5] Turbines were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA.[6]

Tourism[]

The wind farm has an information centre serving around 35,000 visitors per year, and has become a local attraction.[7][8]

Gallery[]

  • Wind farm seen from Great Yarmouth

  • Information board at Great Yarmouth

  • A Jackup rig servicing one of the wind turbines

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD): June 2020". GOV.UK. UK Government. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Offshore wind farm Scroby Sands". RWE. RWE. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ Dunford et al. UK Renewable Energy Data, Issue 10 p53 Renewable Energy Foundation, 29 July 2010. Accessed: 30 September 2011.
  4. ^ Aldersey-Williams, John; Broadbent, Ian; Strachan, Peter (2019). "Better estimates of LCOE from audited accounts – A new methodology with examples from United Kingdom offshore wind and CCGT". Energy Policy. 128: 25–35. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.044. hdl:10059/3298.
  5. ^ "Datasheet for Scroby Sands". LORC Knowledge. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  6. ^ "A2SEA presentation" (PDF). A2SEA. Export Promotion Denmark. 2005-04-12. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  7. ^ "Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm, United Kingdom". powertechnology.com. Net Resources International. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  8. ^ "Tourism and wind farms". E.ON UK. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

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