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09.03.2010 Construction work begins on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site New outer harbour at Wells taking shape
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  StatoilHydro and Norwegian power utility Statkraft join forces to develop the 315 MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Norfolk in the UK.