Going, going... nearly gone...Last night's sunset over the wind farm off Burbo Bank

            Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm

The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a 348 MW offshore wind farm located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay on the west coast of the UK in the Irish Sea. It consists of an original 90 MW wind farm commissioned in 2007 and a 258 MW extension completed in 2017.

The wind farm was developed in the 2000s by SeaScape Energy, which was acquired by DONG Energy in 2005. A 25 turbine installation using Siemens Wind Power 3.6 MW turbines was constructed from 2005, and officially opened in 2007. A further 32 8-MW turbines were constructed in 2016–17.

The site, located on Burbo Flats in Liverpool bay (~7 km norwest of Wirral and ~6 km west of the Sefton coastline) was selected due to shallow water depths (0.5 to 8m at low tide), high wind speeds ~7 m/s (23 ft/s), and a generally favourable location including proximity to an electrical grid connection.

Between 2008 and 2010, the capacity factor was between 32 and 35%. 

In 2009 the whole wind farm was put out of action for 4 weeks due to a failure in the underground electrical cable connecting to the National Grid.

During summer 2010 Siemens decided to change the blade bearings on all 25 turbines as a pre-emptive measure after corrosion was found in blade bearings found on other sites.

At the end of the windfarm's operational life (25 years) the wind farm will be decommissioned.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Sefton Metropolitan Borough (show map)

Taken on: October 2, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D3300, f/4.5, 1/500 sec, 170mm (=255mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3300
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	170mm (35mm equivalent: 255mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Portrait
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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