All Burbo Bank Foundations In

Wind Farm Update

Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has completed the installation of the last foundation at the Burbo Bank Extension project.

Image: Van Oord

Van Oord was responsible for the installation of the foundations, supply and installation of the scour protection and provided the logistics of the foundations between the fabrication ports in Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the offshore wind farm.

The Burbo Bank Extension project is located 8 km off the coast in Liverpool Bay, United Kingdom.

With a total of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines to be installed, the offshore wind farm will have a total capacity of 258MW and is expected to be operational in early 2017.