Scroby Sands windfarm aerial photo
aerial view of the Scroby Sands Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast, captured at low tide when the shifting sandbank briefly reveals its sweeping, golden outline. The photograph shows the slender arc of Scroby Sands stretching northeast into the North Sea, surrounded by rows of towering offshore wind turbines rising from the shallows. In the centre stands a jack-up maintenance vessel, its red deck and tall legs contrasting vividly with the soft blues and browns of sea and sand.
Scroby Sands Wind Farm was one of the UK’s first commercial offshore wind projects, commissioned in 2004 and located about 2.5 km off Great Yarmouth. It consists of 30 Vestas V80 turbines, each rated at 2 MW, giving a total capacity of 60 MW—enough to power around 40,000 homes. Built on the constantly shifting sandbank that has long been a hazard to shipping, Scroby Sands is both a landmark of renewable energy and a reminder of the dynamic nature of the Norfolk coastline.
In this view, the light surf tracing the contours of the bank and the turbines aligned against the horizon create a striking juxtaposition between natural transience and engineered permanence.
Scroby Sands windfarm aerial photo
aerial view of the Scroby Sands Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast, captured at low tide when the shifting sandbank briefly reveals its sweeping, golden outline. The photograph shows the slender arc of Scroby Sands stretching northeast into the North Sea, surrounded by rows of towering offshore wind turbines rising from the shallows. In the centre stands a jack-up maintenance vessel, its red deck and tall legs contrasting vividly with the soft blues and browns of sea and sand.
Scroby Sands Wind Farm was one of the UK’s first commercial offshore wind projects, commissioned in 2004 and located about 2.5 km off Great Yarmouth. It consists of 30 Vestas V80 turbines, each rated at 2 MW, giving a total capacity of 60 MW—enough to power around 40,000 homes. Built on the constantly shifting sandbank that has long been a hazard to shipping, Scroby Sands is both a landmark of renewable energy and a reminder of the dynamic nature of the Norfolk coastline.
In this view, the light surf tracing the contours of the bank and the turbines aligned against the horizon create a striking juxtaposition between natural transience and engineered permanence.