Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm
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The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a wind farm
located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay
at the entrance to the River Mersey
. It is owned and operated by DONG Energy
. The wind farm consists of 25 Siemens Wind Power
3.6MW wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity
of 90 megawatts (MW). The wind farm will also help to mitigate climate change as over the 20-year operating life it will save approximately 6.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
emissions.
The wind farm was officially inaugurated on 18 October 2007. Between 2008 and 2010, the capacity factor
was between 32 to 35%.
During summer 2010 Siemens decided to change wings on all 25 turbines due to corrosion in wing bearings. The MPI Resolution will perform the change.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay
Liverpool Bay
Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence...
at the entrance to the River Mersey
River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
. It is owned and operated by DONG Energy
DONG Energy
-History:The Danish state company Dansk Naturgas A/S was founded in 1972 to manage resources in the Danish sector of the North Sea. After some years, the company was renamed to Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S . At the beginning of 2000s, DONG started to extend itself into the electricity market by...
. The wind farm consists of 25 Siemens Wind Power
Siemens Wind Power
Siemens Wind Power, or SWP, is a wind turbine manufacturer with headquarters and main production facilities established in 1980 in Brande, Denmark. SWP is wholly owned by Siemens of Germany since 2004 through the Renewable Energy division in the Siemens Energy sector...
3.6MW wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity or maximum effect, refers to the intended technical full–load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant, a chemical plant, fuel plant, metal refinery, mine, and many others.For dispatchable power,...
of 90 megawatts (MW). The wind farm will also help to mitigate climate change as over the 20-year operating life it will save approximately 6.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
emissions.
The wind farm was officially inaugurated on 18 October 2007. Between 2008 and 2010, the capacity factor
Capacity factor
The net capacity factor or load factor of a power plant is the ratio of the actual output of a power plant over a period of time and its potential output if it had operated at full nameplate capacity the entire time...
was between 32 to 35%.
During summer 2010 Siemens decided to change wings on all 25 turbines due to corrosion in wing bearings. The MPI Resolution will perform the change.
See also
- List of offshore wind farms
- List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea