Burbo
Burbo is a 90 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
- 90 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- Orsted
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.4882, -3.1849
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 compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 90 MW station would generate roughly 300 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 110,960 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 Extension Β· 259 MW offshore wind farm5.7 km
- North Hoyle Β· 60 MW offshore wind farm19.2 km
- Pilkington Β· 2.3 MW solar farm26.2 km
- Cheshire Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station27.6 km
- Gwynt y Mor Β· 576 MW offshore wind farm29.5 km
- Shotwick Β· 72.2 MW solar farm30.8 km
- Kinmel 1 Β· 5 MW solar farm31.8 km
- Connahs Quay Β· 1,380 MW gas-fired power station32.2 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
- Developer / operator
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Planning authority
- DECC (S36)
- Application submitted
- 12 April 2002
- Permission granted
- 14 July 2006
- Construction started
- 1 August 2006
- Began operating
- 18 October 2007
- Capacity in planning record
- 90 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
- 2487
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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