Thomas Larsen Fra: Mikkel Sønderstrup Randløv <[email protected]> Sendt: 8. april 2019 19:06 Til: $Kystdirektoratet (kdi) Cc: Thomas Larsen; Nikolaj Michelsen; Jørn Bo Larsen Emne: Ansøgning om tilladelse til anlæg af et fiber optisk kabel under navnet Havhingsten på dansk søterritorium samt i den danske eksklusive økonomiske zone Vedhæftede filer: S2_HAVHINGSTEN_FINAL_ROUTE CORRIDOR_130319.zip Kategorier: Grøn Til Kystdirektoratet På vegne af North Sea Connect Denmark ApS indsendes hermed ansøgning om anlæg af et fiber optisk kabel under navnet Havhingsten på dansk søterritorium samt i den danske eksklusive økonomiske zone. Vedhæftet er dokumentet ”Ansøgning_Havhingsten_08.04.2019” der indeholder følgende: 1. Ansøgning om tilladelse til anlæg på søterritoriet (application form from the Danish Coastal Authority) 2. Project information and environmental screening, Denmark 3. Sea chart with the cable route 4. Power of attorney from the landowner 5. Risk assessment according to guidelines from the Danish Maritime Authority Vedhæftet er desuden shape-filer for den ansøgte rutekorridor. Vi står til rådighed hvis der er behov for supplerende oplysninger eller afklaringer. Med venlig hilsen Mikkel Randløv Biolog Projektchef Environmental Assessment and Industrial Environment D +45 51616379 M +45 51616379 [email protected] _________________________________ Rambøll Hannemanns Allé 53 DK-2300 København S https://dk.ramboll.com CVR NR. 35128417 1 Ansøgning om tilladelse til anlæg på søterritoriet Dette ansøgningsskema benyttes ved ansøgning om tilladelser til etablering, renovering og udvidelse af anlæg på søterritoriet. Husk at læse vejledningen på side 6, før skemaet udfyldes. Eventuelle spørgsmål til ansøgningsskema og vejledning rettes til Kystdirektoratet på tlf. 99 63 63 63 eller via e-mail [email protected]. Bemærk: En ansøgning kan først behandles, når alle nødvendige oplysninger foreligger. Til Kystdirektoratets notater: Dato for modtagelse: Journal nr.: Projekttype: Sagsbehandler: A. Oplysninger om ejere af den eller de matrikler, hvor anlægget opføres Navn Naturstyrelsen Blåvandshuk Kontakt: Niels Christiansen, Skovfoged/klitplantør Adresse Ålholtvej 1 Lokalt stednavn Postnr. By - 6840 Oksbøl Telefon nr. Mobil nr. E-mail 72543000 21418600 [email protected] / [email protected] Kystdirektoratet • Højbovej 1 • 7620 Lemvig Tlf. 99 63 63 63 • CVR 36876115 • EAN (drift)5798000893313 • EAN (anlæg)5798009812599 • [email protected] • www.kyst.dk 1 Gr. 02-04 Nr. 142a E. Beskrivelse af anlægget i sin helhed Kan evt. uddybes i bilag Bemærk: Nødvendige bilag skal også vedlægges, se rubrik I Note: A full project description and environmental screening is attached. Cable owner and applicant The cable will be installed and owned by North Sea Connect Denmark ApS. Contact information: North Sea Connect Denmark ApS C/O Bech-Bruun v/adv. Jakob Kristensen, Langelinie Alle 35, 2100 København Ø Address for correspondence: 51-54 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Email: [email protected] Phone number: +353 (0)1 662 4399 Enquiries and contact related to the permitting should be through the consultant: Ramboll Hannemanns Alle 52 2300 København S Att. Mikkel Sønderstrup Randløv Phone number: 51616379 Email: [email protected] Att. Jørn Bo Larsen Phone number: 516186 63 Email: [email protected] Project description Note: A full project description is provided in Chapter 4 of attachment 1: Project description and environmental screening, Denmark The cable The cable type to be used is an Alcatel OALC 4 cable, which is a resilient cable type designed specifically for repeatered systems. A ‘repeatered system’ is a cable system typically longer than 350-400 km. To prevent the optical signal deteriorating from the point of origin to the destination, the signal is boosted approximately every 70 km in a repeater. The cable itself is between 25 mm and 40 mm in diameter, depending on the level of cable armouring. At the heart of the cable is the fibre unit structure, where the optical fibres are set in a steel tube and are protected by a jelly from water penetration and hydrogen. The cable is insulated with high-density polyethylene; the insulation also provides abrasion resistance. In shallow water (normally <1000m water depth), the fibre unit and insulation sheath are protected by galvanised steel wires and layers of black polypropylene yarn for additional protection against external threats (known as armouring). The entirety of the cable within Danish waters will be fitted with armoured protection. Reason for establishing the cable The Havhingsten cable project will create a diverse connection between Denmark and the UK, along with an additional connection in the Irish Sea between the UK, Isle of Man and Ireland. The cable system will provide ‘carrier neutral’ access to the EU and UK telecoms networks, which allows interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers and/or providers bringing competitive access from large telecoms providers. The cable will support the needs of the web-scale providers that underpin today’s international cloud industry. The route will enable connectivity for global carriers, cloud-based networks, data centres, information technology (IT) companies and the global media. There is increasing demand for high-capacity connectivity linking Northern Europe, and the Havhingsten project will facilitate this in combination with existing fibre optic routes. Havhingsten will deliver a reliable and resilient connection to support the rise of the European digital economy. It therefore will benefit the socio-economic conditions within each of the countries in which it lands, including Denmark. Kystdirektoratet • Højbovej 1 • 7620 Lemvig Tlf. 99 63 63 63 • CVR 36876115 • EAN (drift)5798000893313 • EAN (anlæg)5798009812599 • [email protected] • www.kyst.dk 3 Gr. 02-04 Nr. 142a The cable route The cable route has been designed by route engineers at ASN to be the optimum route for the cable, taking into consideration environmental and stakeholder constraints. The cable route has been engineered to avoid potential hazards, reduce impact to seabed users such as disruption to marine resources and operations, and secure long‐ term protection of the cable. The cable route and project design are developed and refined through two main stages: • A Cable Route Study – detailed review of all factors affecting the routing of the cable, including physical, environmental, socio-economic, and regulatory aspects • A Cable Route Survey – surveys of the inshore and deep-water sections of the route. The whole offshore cable route is presented in Figure 1, while a zoom on Danish waters is presented in Figure 2. The marine elements of the cable route are proposed to cross the Irish Sea from Loughshinny (north of Dublin in Ireland) to Squires Gate Lane (south of Blackpool on the west coast of the UK). The marine cable route will then continue across the North Sea from the Seaton Sluice (on the east coast of the UK, north of Newcastle), to Houstrup (on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark). Two marine cable route branches from the Irish Sea section to the Isle of Man are included to landing points at Port Erin and Port Grenaugh. An additional stubbed cable route is included north of Houstrup (landing at the parking area at Gammelgab) out to the Danish TW boundary for future extension. The stubbed route will be installed to provide an alternative landing in Denmark. This additional landing will offer diversity from the main cable route by means of a future extension. In order to facilitate the future extension, the installation of the stubbed route out to the Danish TW boundary is planned at the same time as the installation of the main cable route. This approach will improve efficiency of installation, provide a more economically viable future extension, and reduce the level of disruption that two separate installations would cause. The additional stubbed route will provide further high-capacity connection to Denmark and Northern Europe. The landing point for the stubbed route has been selected as it is a sufficient separation from the main route to provide a viable alternative in the case of cable damage. Both cables in the same trench and at the same landing point would not offer a viable diverse route in case of cable damage or failure. A route to the south of Houstrup was investigated but was ultimately not considered to be viable as there is existing and future wind farm development in this area. The additional stubbed cable route landing at the parking area at Gammelgab (north of the main cable), will consist of a BMH and a cable installed out to the Danish TW boundary. The stubbed cable will remain in the seabed outside of the TW boundary at the end of the installation operation, ready to be recovered at the time of future extension. It is intended that this stubbed route will be extended in the future to provide additional connection to Denmark. The options for this cable extension are under review, but the provisional plan is that this stubbed route would be extended within 10 years from completion of the Havhingsten project. The length of the main data cable within Danish waters is approximately 315 km, while the length of the northern stubbed cable within Danish waters is 25 km. The length of the fibre optic cable from shoreline to the BMH is approximately 0.44 km for the main cable route, and 0.43 km for the additional subbed cable route. Cable lengths in Danish waters are presented in Table 1. A depth profile along the cable route in Danish waters is presented in Figure 3. Kystdirektoratet • Højbovej 1 • 7620 Lemvig Tlf. 99 63 63 63 • CVR 36876115 • EAN (drift)5798000893313 • EAN (anlæg)5798009812599 • [email protected] • www.kyst.dk 4 Gr. 02-04 Nr. 142a Figure 1 Havhingsten fibre optic submarine cable system linking Ireland, the Isle of Man, the UK and Denmark. Table 1 Havhingsten fibre optic submarine cable system in Danish waters. Section Unit Danish waters Main cable Cable stub Onshore1 km 0.435 0.425 Territorial Waters (TW) km 24.2 25.2 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) km 287.5 0 Country total km 312.1 25.6 1: From shoreline to BMH Kystdirektoratet • Højbovej 1 • 7620 Lemvig Tlf.