Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm

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1 Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Ørsted

2 Welcome to Burbo Bank Extension The Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm is a fully operational power plant neighbouring the existing Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm. Ørsted is a renewable energy company that takes tangible action to create a world that runs entirely on green energy. We have invested significantly in the UK, where we develop, construct and operate offshore wind farms and innovative waste-to-energy technology. We also provide smart energy products to our commercial and industrial customers. We are undertaking a truly green transformation by divesting our oil and gas business and phasing out the use of coal from our power stations worldwide. Walney Extension Walney 1&2 West of Duddon Sands Barrow Burbo Bank Extension Burbo Bank Westermost Rough Hornsea 1&2 Race Bank Lincs Gunfleet Sands 1&2 London Array 1 Wind power under construction Wind power in operation

3 Where is it? The Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm is situated on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey, approximately 7 km (4.3 miles) north of the North Wirral coast near the village of Meols. N WALES ENGLAND Burbo Bank Burbo Bank W S E Burbo Bank Extension Crosby Bootle Leasowe Wallasey Hoylake Point of Ayr Meols Liverpool Hoylake Birkenhead Prestatyn Wirral Rhyl Mostyn River Dee Wirral Rhuddlan Denbighshire WALES ENGLAND XXXXX Bodelwyddan St Asaph Flint Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Cable Corridor / Route Onshore Substation O&M Base

4 Ownership The project is owned by Ørsted (50%), PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). How big is it? The project consists of 40 km 2. This is equal to 5824 Anfield football pitches. It has 32 turbines. At 195m, each MHI Vestas V MW turbine is almost twice as tall as the Liver Building (98m). 98m 158m 195m Mean Sea Level The Royal Liver Building Blackpool Tower 8.0 MW wind turbine

5 Key facts about the project The project has a capacity of 258 MW. This means that each year it will provide enough power for over 230,000 homes. 1 The combined The total weight The offshore The blades of length of the of the wind turbine substation took the turbine are cable routes is generator is heavier 18 months to build 80m long, this is approximately 55 than 70 of the new and 4 days equivalent to miles, which is the Route Master to install. approximately 20 driving distance double decker buses. MINI Coopers from Liverpool in length. to Blackpool. Up to 225,000 per year will be invested in a Community Benefit Fund for the duration of the project. To find out more, please visit: Alternatively, you can contact Grantscape directly at: T: +44 (0) E: bbecf@grantscape.org.uk 1 We have based this on a load factor of 42% and a household consumption of 4.1 MWh per year. Source: DECC, 2015, Average electricity consuption per UK household in 2014 (with temperature factor applied).

6 Project Timeline May 2010 The Crown Estate awarded Agreement for Lease to extend the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm over a 40 km² area September 2014 Consents awarded based on a capacity up to 258 MW December 2014 Final investment, decision made to construct Burbo Bank Extension February 2015 Onshore construction started June 2016 Offshore construction started November 2016 First power generated May 2017 Fully commissioned and operational

7 What makes the project special? Burbo Bank Extension is the first project in the world to use MHI Vestas V MW turbines. These are newly developed turbines which have more than double the capacity of the 3.6 MW turbines used at the existing Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm. Our new state of the art operations and maintenance facility is located at Kings Wharf, Birkenhead. This facility is where routine monitoring and management of both Burbo Bank Extension and Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm takes place. We are very happy to have moved to our new operations and maintenance base in Kings Wharf. Bringing the operations for Burbo Bank and the Extension together means we can save costs and improve efficiencies. I have a fantastic and dedicated team working on site and we aim to ensure we keep the turbines turning for the safe production of clean green energy in the Liverpool region. Lee Rollason, Head of Burbo Operations Contact us Ørsted 5 Howick Place London SW1P 1WG Tel: +44 (0) September 2017 Ørsted All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from Ørsted. All graphics in this document are for illustrative purposes. Dates are based on available information and are subject to change. Cover image: Liver Building, Liverpool orsted.co.uk Ørsted