Burbo Extension
Burbo Extension is a 259 MW offshore wind farm in North West England, operated by Orsted. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Offshore
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 259 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- Orsted
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.4800, -3.2700
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Burbo Extension compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 259 MW station would generate roughly 862 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 319,320 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in North West All run by OrstedNearby generating sites
- Burbo Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm5.7 km
- North Hoyle Β· 60 MW offshore wind farm13.7 km
- Gwynt y Mor Β· 576 MW offshore wind farm23.8 km
- Rhyl Flats Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm27.0 km
- Kinmel 1 Β· 5 MW solar farm27.3 km
- Kinmel 2 Β· 4.99 MW solar farm29.3 km
- Cheshire Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station30.9 km
- Pilkington Β· 2.3 MW solar farm31.8 km
Also operated by Orsted
Orsted operates 16 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hornsea 02 Β· offshore wind farm1,386 MW
- Hornsea 01 Β· offshore wind farm1,218 MW
- Race Bank Β· offshore wind farm573 MW
- West of Duddon Sands Β· offshore wind farm389 MW
- Walney 01 Β· offshore wind farm368 MW
- Walney 02 Β· offshore wind farm368 MW
- Walney 03 Β· offshore wind farm330 MW
- Walney 04 Β· offshore wind farm329 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Burbo Bank Extension (Burbo Bank 2)
- Developer / operator
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning reference
- EN010026
- Application submitted
- 22 March 2013
- Permission granted
- 10 December 2014
- Construction started
- 10 June 2016
- Began operating
- 27 April 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 258 MW
- Address
- Burbo Flats, Liverpool Bay, approximately 6.4km (4.0 miles) from the Sefton coastline and 7.2km (4.5 miles) from North Wirral., Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2539
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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