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en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 6, reports emerged that the export cable works for the Berwick Bank C offshore wind project owned by SSE Renewables of the UK had received consent. The Cambois Connection project approved by the UK Marine Management Organisation involves up to 4 high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine cables with a designed transmission capacity of up to 1.8 GW, connecting to the Cambois landfall point in Northumberland, England.

The approved Cambois Connection project plans to lay up to 4 HVDC export submarine cables to transmit electricity generated by the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm to the Cambois landfall point in northeast England, and then connect to the UK national transmission network near Blyth via onshore transmission facilities. The project has a designed maximum transmission capacity of 1.8 GW, with supporting construction including offshore converter station platforms, submarine cable protection facilities, and onshore converter and grid connection facilities.

According to the project's marine licence application materials, the proposed Cambois Connection submarine cable corridor has a total length of approximately 180 km, with a planned corridor width of approximately 1 km, of which approximately 40 km crosses Scottish offshore waters. The engineering design includes up to two offshore converter station platforms and 4 HVDC submarine cables. The submarine cables will preferentially be installed using burial methods; in areas where the target burial depth cannot be achieved, measures such as rock placement or concrete protection mattresses are planned for cable protection.

The English waters works approved this time dovetail with the onshore and Scottish waters consents previously obtained. In November 2024, Northumberland County Council approved the onshore transmission infrastructure plans for the Cambois Connection, including the cable route after landfall, the converter station, and related grid connection works. In July 2025, the Scottish Government approved the construction plans for the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm and related offshore facilities, after which the project developer continued to pursue permits for the cross-waters transmission project.

The Berwick Bank project is located in the outer Firth of Forth off southeast Scotland, approximately 38 km from the Scottish border coast, with a total planned installed capacity of up to 4.1 GW, to be developed in three phases. Berwick Bank C is the third phase, and its power export uses the Cambois Connection scheme connecting to the Blyth grid in England. The project also includes a grid connection route to Branxton in East Lothian, Scotland, with the two export paths serving different phases of the overall wind development plan.

SSE Renewables is simultaneously advancing the Berwick Bank B project, whose approximately 1.4 GW of installed capacity received a 20-year support agreement in the UK's seventh Contracts for Difference allocation round in January 2026, and the developer plans to make a final investment decision in 2027. Subsequent construction of Berwick Bank C will still proceed under separate investment decisions, project procurement, and implementation arrangements.