Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd has been awarded the design and project management of two offshore substations by AREVA T&D on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.

The 315 MW  wind farm is sited just inside the 12-mile territorial limit of Sheringham on the UK’s North Norfolk coast.

The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm project is owned jointly by Statoil-Hydro (50%) and Statkraft (50%) through Scira Offshore Ltd. StatoilHydro is operator for the development phase. Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is to be built between 17 and 23 kilometres (10 to 15 miles) off the coastline north of Sheringham and Cromer, on the border to international waters. The site was awarded by the Government during the Round II allocation in 2004.

The diamond-shaped wind farm will cover about 35 square kilometres (13 square miles). There will be 88 wind turbines on foundations fixed to the seabed and two offshore substations. Each turbine mast will be about 80 metres high.

Sheringham Shoal will generate an estimated 1.1 TWh annually.

Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd offers solutions for the management, operations, maintenance, engineering, design, modification and decommissioning of offshore and onshore oil and gas facilities.

The assignment for energy services company John Wood Group follows the company’s decision to foray into the renewable energy sector. It is gearing up to apply its technical expertise to offshore wind farm developments. Wood Group’s Gas Turbine Services division has set up Wood Group Renewable Energy Services, with offices in Houston and Aberdeen, to provide a full range of asset management solutions for industrial wind turbines.