The Secretary of State for the Department of Energy & Climate Change has given consent to DONG Energy Burbo Extension Limited for an extension to the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm.
The development consent order will allow for the provision of up to 259MW of additional electricity generating capacity. The proposed project would be located west of the operational Burbo Bank offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay, around 7 km north of the North Wirral coast and 12.2 km from the Point of Ayr on the Welsh coast. Onshore construction is scheduled to begin in November 2014 with offshore construction anticipated to begin in 2016. Commissioning of the wind farm is estimated to be complete by the first quarter of 2017.
