Offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay to use ABB cable
ABB high-voltage AC cable system will help integrate more wind power
into local power grid
Produces
258 MW
of electricity, enough to supply
240,000 households
Burbo
Banks
UK
submarine cable
underground cable
25 km
32 km
500
317
The submarine cable is 25 km long, which is the equivalent to 500 lengths
of the Olympic size swimming pool in the Liverpool Aquatics Centre.
The length of the underground cable is approximately the length
of 317 of Liverpool FC’s football pitch at Anfield stadium.