Dong Energy has appointed VolkerInfra to install the onshore underground cables and associated fibre optic cables for Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.
A 220kV export cable will connect Burbo Bank Extension’s offshore substation with Dong Energy’s onshore substation. From this landing point, located between Rhyl and Prestatyn in Denbighshire (Wales), VolkerInfra will be installing the underground onshore cable circuit.
The underground onshore cables will run for approximately 10km to a new onshore substation and will then be linked to the National Grid Bodelwyddan 400kV onshore substation, located south of the St Asaph Business Park, between St Asaph and Bodelwyddan in Denbighshire.
Klaus Skoust Moller, senior director for Burbo Bank Extension at DONG Energy, said: “VolkerInfra has specialist expertise in this area, and is based near to the project in Preston. DONG Energy is committed to investing in the UK and building a strong UK supply chain, and it’s great to have VolkerInfra working with us on Burbo Bank Extension.”
The current Burbo Bank wind farm is located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey, approximately 6.4km from the Sefton coastline and 7.2km from North Wirral. The wind farm comprises of 25 efficient wind turbines to generate up to 90MW (megawatts) of clean, environmentally sustainable electricity for approximately 80,000 homes. The new Burbo Bank Extension wind farm, which will be constructed just west of the existing wind farm, will cover an area of 40km2 with an increased capacity of 258MW to provide electricity to an additional 180,000 homes.
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