DONG Energy to build Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm
Published: 19 January, 2015
DONG Energy will construct the offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension located 8 km off the UK coast in Liverpool Bay.
Burbo Bank Extension will consist of 32 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind V164-8.0MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 258MW and is expected to be commissioned in 2017.
Burbo Bank Extension is the first of three projects for which DONG Energy was awarded Final Investment Decision Enabling contracts (Contract for Difference) by the UK Government in April 2014. With the Contract for Difference, DONG Energy will receive a fixed price per MWh of electricity produced for the first 15 years of operation following which DONG Energy will receive the market price.
Samuel Leupold, executive vice president of DONG Energy, said: "I am very pleased that with this final investment decision we can now begin the construction of Burbo Bank Extension which will supply green power to approximately 180,000 UK households. The construction and operation of this wind farm will support green growth and employment in the UK."
Leupold continued: "The decision to construct Burbo Bank Extension using an 8MW wind turbine is another significant step towards reducing cost of electricity on future projects."
