SHERINGHAM SHOAL

The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

• 317MW of capacity 
• Located off the coast of Sheringham, North Norfolk, England 
• Covers an area of approximately 35 km2 
• 88 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6MW, supplying some some 280,000 homes with clean energy 
• Turbine blade length 52 metres (170 feet) 
• Turbine tower height 80 metres (262 feet) 
• Wind turbines are placed on foundations fixed to the seabed 
• Two 900 tonne offshore substations 
• Two 132 kV marine cables which come ashore at Weybourne 
• 21.6 km underground cable connect the wind farm a new substation at Salle, near Cawston
• From the new substation, the power is transported to Norwich where it enters the National Grid