2012 - 2013, Cathie Associates, Blyth Demonstration Site, Cable Route Options

Cathie Associates (CA) has been requested to undertake a preliminary cable routing assessment further to the Preliminary Cable Routing Analysis undertaken previously. To inform the EIA and as part of the required offshore cable corridor development and risk assessment, detailing on the potential suitable cable areas, offshore cable layout and installation methods are required. In order to fulfil these objectives and provide recommendations to NaREC, CA have undertaken a detailed cable route optioning exercise. CA utilised all currently available site data in order to determine potential cable route corridors from each array back to shore.