Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm
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 Location of the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in Merseyside
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey, Merseyside |
| Coordinates | 53°29′N 03°10′W / 53.483°N 3.167°WCoordinates: 53°29′N 03°10′W / 53.483°N 3.167°W |
| Commission date | 2007 |
| Owner(s) | DONG Energy |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Offshore |
| Max. water depth | 0.5 to 8 m (1 ft 8 in to 26 ft 3 in) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 25 |
| Make and model | Siemens Wind Power SWT-3.6-107 |
| Nameplate capacity | 90 MW |
| Capacity factor | ~30% |
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Location of Burbo Bank Extension in England
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| Coordinates | 53°29′N 3°16′W / 53.48°N 3.26°W |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | offshore |
| Max. water depth | 6 to 13 m (20 to 43 ft) |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | V164 8.0 MW |
| Units planned | 32 |
| Nameplate capacity | 258MW |
The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a 90 MW offshore wind farm located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay on the west coast of the UK in the Irish Sea.
The wind farm was developed in the 2000s by SeaScape Energy, which was acquired by DONG Energy in 2005. A 25 turbine installation using Siemens Wind Power 3.6 MW turbines was constructed from 2005, and officially opened in 2007.
In 2009 planning began for a potential ~250 MW extension.
In September 2002 SeaScape Energy ( Zilkha Renewable Energy, enXco A/S, Wind Prospect Ltd. joint venture.) submitted an application to develop a Round 1 offshore wind farm site. The site, located on Burbo Flats in Liverpool bay (~7 km norwest of Wirral and ~6 km west of the Sefton coastline) was selected due to shallow water depths (0.5 to 8m at low tide), high wind speeds ~7 m/s (23 ft/s), and a generally favourable location including proximity to an electrical grid connection. Initial expectations were for a 30 x 3 MW turbine wind farm, with monopile foundations on a site of approximately 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi). An electrical connection to the mainland grid was to be made by a seabed cable running southeast to Wirral, followed by a ~3.5 km underground cable to a substation at Wallasey. SeaScape received a capital grant of £10 million in 2003 to aid development of the project.
In 2003 EDF subsidiary enXCo bought the interests of Wind Prospect in the project, the project became a joint venture between Elsam and EDF Energies Nouvelles in 2004 with Elsam taking 50% of the projecty. In September 2005 Siemens Wind Power was selected as the turbine supplier, with 25 3.6 MW turbines ordered at a cost of over €90 million. In December 2005 Dong Energy became sole owner of the project.
Construction began in June 2006. Contractor for the foundation installation was MT Højgaard: the foundation design was by Ramboll, Smulders supplied the WTG foundations, turbine towers by Bladt Industries, monopiles and transition pieces were from Sif; piling was done by Menck, with Mammoet Van Oord supplying lifting barge platform Jumping Jack.
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