News Archive

 

23.08.2010 Statement regarding Norfolk seal deaths  
  Recent media reports have attempted to implicate the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm operations in the death of more than 40 seals at Blakeney Point on the Norfolk coast. Both Scira and the police have checked all equipment on vessels operating at the site and found no connection.

 
 
27.07.2010 First grants awarded by Sheringham Shoal Community Fund  
  The first grants have been awarded by the Sheringham Shoal Community Fund and will assist three local community groups in their environmental endeavours.

 
 
19.07.2010 Guard vessel now in operation on Sheringham Shoal wind farm site The Svanen and Toisa Sonata on the Sheringham Shoal site.
  A guard vessel is now in operation on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm to ensure the safety of marine traffic around the foundation installation sites and along the export cable corridor.

 
 
13.07.2010 Public consultation on wind farm operational base  
  The developers of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm will host a public exhibition and consultation event on their proposed operational base facility on Wednesday (July 21).

 
 
28.06.2010 First foundation installed at Sheringham Shoal The Svanen and Toisa Sonata on the Sheringham Shoal site.
  The first foundation for the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm has now been installed on the wind farm site, off the coast of Norfolk in the UK.

 
 
14.06.2010 First foundation on way to Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site First foundation on way to Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site
  The first foundation for the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm is now at Great Yarmouth, having arrived from Vlissingen in the Netherlands on the weekend.

 
 
04.06.2010 Two reactors arrive at Salle substation Two reactors arrive at Salle substation
  The two reactors for the new substation under construction at Salle, near Cawston, arrived on site this week.

 
 
14.05.2010 First applications due for Fund grants First applications due for Fund grants
  The deadline for applications for the first round of grants to be awarded by the Sheringham Shoal Community Fund is next Friday (May 21).

 
 
30.04.2010 WWII bomb found on Sheringham Shoal site A canon and a stock anchor were found during the UXO survey
  A 250lb air-dropped German WWII bomb has been safely detonated on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site having been found during an unexploded ordnances (UXO) survey.
 
26.03.2010 Sheringham Shoal awards vessel work to Wells-next-the-Sea contractor  
  The first contracts for the provision of vessels to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm have been awarded to North Norfolk contractor, Safety Boat Services.
 
18.03.2010 Weybourne Parish Council receives grant from wind farm for low energy lighting initiative  
  Weybourne Parish Council will begin to replace its current inefficient streetlights with new energy saving lighting systems with funding assistance from the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.
 
09.03.2010 Construction work begins on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site Nordness vessel
  Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site begins today (Tuesday, March 9), with the arrival of the 164m “Nordnes” vessel, which will position rocks at selected foundation locations in preparation for the start of the installation of the giant monopile structures next month.
 
16.02.2010 Wells Harbour construction complete New outer harbour at Wells taking shape
  Construction work has finished on a new outer harbour in Wells which will be the operation and maintenance base for Sheringham Shoal.
 
04.02.2010 New outer harbour at Wells taking shape The dredging work at Wells-next-the-Sea is moving into its second phase, with work now underway to deepen the channel to the North Sea.
  A rectangular "pool" has been dredged at Buxton's Bight - near the local lifeboat station - which will house the new jetty and 14 pontoons due to be installed this month. A marine piling rig now in the port will soon be transported to the site where it will set the foundations for the facilities.
 
05.01.2010 Announcing Sheringham Shoal Community Fund The Sheringham Shoal Community Fund will provide grants to North Norfolk groups for initiatives meeting key criteria.
  The Sheringham Shoal Community Fund, a fund that will provide grants to North Norfolk community groups, including schools and NGOs, seeking financial assistance for projects or initiatives that meet key criteria, has now been announced.
 
19.10.2009 First marine work begins on Sheringham Shoal with horizontal directional drilling. Weybourne beach, where the cables will come ashore.
  The first marine work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm will begin on the weekend when contractor Visser & Smith Marine Contracting utilises a horizontal directional drilling technique to install ducts at Weybourne in preparation for the “pull-in” of the wind farm’s two export cables. The 22 kilometre export cables will carry the power generated by the wind farm to landfall, where they will be connected to the onshore cable, now being installed by Carillion plc
 
15.10.2009 Wells Harbour dredger official naming ceremony. Kari Hege”, the 24m dredger
  The 200 tonne motorised barge tasked with deepening the Wells Harbour main channel to extend the operating hours of the historic port was officially named today (Thursday, October 15).
 
07.09.2009 Newt safety assured as substation work begins. Specially-designed newt fence
  Having received a Newt Licence from Natural England - the final hurdle to start of construction - work has now begun on a multi-million pound substation at Salle, near Cawston, as part of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm development.
 
21.08.2009 Wind farm developers pay for Harbour safety boost.  
  The NCI Coastwatch Lookout at Wells is to get an Ł8,000 major upgrade - paid for by the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm developers.
 
13.07.2009 Wind energy visitor and education centre.  
  The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm will work with the management of The Mo to establish a visitor and wind energy education centre in Sheringham, the North Norfolk seaside town after which the wind farm is named.
 
30.06.2009 Onshore work commences Onshore work begins
  After nearly five years of planning, public consultation and stakeholder negotiation, work on the Ł1 billion Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm project has finally commenced.
 
24.06.2009 Historic cooperation agreement signed. Historic cooperation agreement signed
  An historic agreement was signed by the Wells Harbour Commissioners and the developer of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Scira Offshore Energy Ltd last night in Wells-next-the-Sea.
 
19.06.2009 Wind farm helps fund rejuvenation of Plumstead Village pond.  
  Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm has agreed to help fund the Plumstead Parish Council’s project to rejuvenate the overgrown and neglected village pond and upgrade the adjoining land.
 
17.06.2009 Charlie Ward takes wind farm project role at Wells. Charlie Ward
  Charlie Ward has recently been appointed as Project Manager for the Channel Deepening and Outer Jetty Project at Wells Harbour as part of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm development.
 
01.04.2009 StatoilHydro and Statkraft to develop offshore wind farm. Windfarm CGI
  StatoilHydro and Norwegian power utility Statkraft join forces to develop the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Norfolk in the UK.