--- title: "Burbo Bank Extension" source: https://hafrok.com/projects/uk-burbo-bank-extension/ identifier: uk-burbo-bank-extension updated: 2026-10-13 --- # Burbo Bank Extension Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/uk-burbo-bank-extension/ Data as of: 2026-10-13 Extension to Burbo Bank (2007). Located west of original farm in Liverpool Bay. | Field | Value | |---|---| | Country | United Kingdom | | Sea basin | Irish Sea | | Capacity | 258 MW | | Turbines | 32 | | Lifecycle stage | Operational | | Owners | Ørsted · KIRKBI · Greencoat UK Wind · Greencoat Renewable Income LP · Brookfield Renewable Partners | | Coordinates | 53.484, -3.273 | | Commercial operation (announced) | 2017-Q2 | ## Milestones - **Consent applied** — 2013-03-22 (achieved) - **Consent granted** — 2014-09-25 (achieved) - **Final investment decision** — 2014-12 (achieved) - **Onshore construction** — 2015 (achieved) - **Offshore construction** — 2016 (achieved) - **First power** — 2016-11 (achieved) - **Commercial operation** — 2017-Q2 (achieved) ## Offtake 258 MW contracted — investment contract - **Investment contract · FID Enabling for Renewables (FIDeR) investment contracts** — £150/MWh · 2012 real · CPI-indexed · awarded 2014-04 · 15-year term ## Sources Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording. - Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (via Planning Inspectorate), 2014-09-25 — https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2594/introduction/made - DECC (gov.uk), 2014-04 — https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7e3b6940f0b6230268a03d/Successful_Projects.pdf - National Audit Office, 2014-06 — https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Early-contracts-for-renewable-electricity1.pdf - Offshore Wind Biz (reporting DONG Energy announcement), 2014-12-19 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/12/19/dong-decides-to-build-burbo-bank-extension/ - GlobeNewswire (DONG Energy press release), 2016-02-10 — https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/02/10/809555/0/en/DONG-Energy-divests-50-of-the-UK-offshore-wind-farm-project-Burbo-Bank-Extension-to-PKA-and-the-LEGO-Group.html - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 2021-11 — https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2021/11/Orrick-Advises-AIP-on-Sale-of-PKA-Interest-in-Burbo-Bank-Extension - Brookfield Renewable Partners, 2024-10-30 — https://bep.brookfield.com/press-releases/bep/brookfield-acquires-share-four-uk-offshore-wind-farms-orsted - Offshore Wind Biz, 2016-01-27 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/01/27/dong-sets-up-burbo-bank-construction-base-in-birkenhead/ - Diamond Transmission Partners, 2018 — https://www.diamondtransmissionpartners.com/our-projects/burbo-bank-extension-ofto - Offshore Wind Biz, 2016-11-21 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/11/21/burbo-bank-extension-starts-producing/ - Offshore Wind Biz, 2017-05-17 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2017/05/17/dong-to-officially-switch-on-burbo-bank-extension/ - 4C Offshore / OBE Digital, 2024 — https://windfarms.oedigital.com/windfarms/wind/burbo-bank-extension - offshoreWIND.biz, 2024-10 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2024/10/30/brookfield-buys-into-orsteds-four-operational-offshore-wind-farms-in-uk/ - DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/ - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2026-05-06 — https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69fc56908cc72d2f863ea58d/REPD_publication_Q1_2026.csv - National Energy System Operator (NESO), 2026-07-21 — https://api.neso.energy/dataset/cbd45e54-e6e2-4a38-99f1-8de6fd96d7c1/resource/17becbab-e3e8-473f-b303-3806f43a6a10/download/tec-register-21-july-2026.csv - Greencoat UK Wind plc, 2021-11-02 — https://www.greencoat-ukwind.com/news-and-media/news-hub/021021-burbo-raise/ - Companies House, 2021-07-01 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07307131/filing-history/MzMwNTYzOTc0NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf - The Planning Inspectorate (PINS), 2026-08-23 — https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/api/applications-download - Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), 2026-07-31 — https://dp.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dataset/754ae1ec-3539-4bdf-86f5-ba204a56be76/resource/7bdfb0cb-fe99-44eb-b07b-2047e82f5601/download/cfd_contract_portfolio_status.csv --- Hafrok · https://hafrok.com/projects/uk-burbo-bank-extension/ · please cite the page you took a figure from.