Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm

Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm
Map
Country
  • United Kingdom
LocationBurbo Flats in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey, Merseyside
Coordinates53°29′00″N 3°10′00″W / 53.4833°N 3.1667°W / 53.4833; -3.1667
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2007
Owner(s)
Wind farm
Type
Max. water depth0.5 to 13 m (1 ft 8 in to 42 ft 8 in)
Rotor diameter
  • 107 m (351 ft)
Power generation
Units operational25 × 3.6 MW
32 × 8 MW
Make and modelSiemens Gamesa SWT-3.6-107 (25)
Vestas V164-8.0MW (32)
Nameplate capacity
  • 348 MW
Capacity factor~30%
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons
Map
Wind farm layout

The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a 348 MW offshore wind farm located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay on the west coast of the UK in the Irish Sea. It consists of an original 90 MW wind farm commissioned in 2007 and a 258 MW extension completed in 2017.

The wind farm was developed in the 2000s by SeaScape Energy, which was acquired by DONG Energy (now Ørsted) in 2005. A 25 turbine installation using Siemens Wind Power 3.6 MW turbines was constructed from 2005, and officially opened in 2007. A further 32 8 MW turbines were constructed in 2016–17.