🌊 Offshore wind farm

Burbo Bank Extension (Burbo Bank 2)
Offshore

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 32 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

32
turbines
258 MW
MW total
8 MW
per turbine

📍 32 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 53.48596 N · 3.19621 W.

Burbo Bank Extension (Burbo Bank 2)

32 turbines · operational · Offshore

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionOffshore
Turbines32
Installed capacity258 MW
Turbine capacity8 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
Turbine manufacturerMHI Vestas
Turbine modelV164-8.0
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✓ Verified reference — turbine make and model

MHI Vestas · V164-8.0 · 32 turbines · 8 MW each · rotor 164 m

Source: Ørsted, inauguration press release (May 2017), 2017-05, read on 2026-09-14. Corroborated by 3 further sources. Where OpenStreetMap tags differ, this record prevails.

♻️ Project timeline

Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.

→ ~2039201520202025today1234
  1. 1Mar 2013 — Application submitted
  2. 2Dec 2014 — Permission granted
  3. 3Jun 2016 — Under construction
  4. 4Apr 2017 — Operational

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

From application to operation, this scheme took about 4 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 2539.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 21 months. Construction to first power took about 10 months. The scheme has been operating for about 9 years. That works out at 8.06 MW per turbine on average.

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Sources and dates

DataSourceExtract
Site, capacity, status, planning milestonesRenewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3)Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026
Turbine positionsOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)19/08/2026
Manufacturer and modelOpenStreetMap tags, unverified — REPD does not record turbine models. Known for 41 % of UK turbines (manufacturer) and 32 % (model); some values are propagated within a site and may be wrong.19/08/2026

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