Borssele Offshore Wind Farm
- 24 km (15 mi)
- 344 km2 (133 sq mi)
77 × 9.5 MW (III & IV)
2 × 9.5 MW (V)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (III & IV)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (V)
731.5 MW (III & IV)
18 MW (V)
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Borssele Offshore Wind Farm (officially Borssele Wind Farm Zone) is an offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea, on the border with Belgium. It consists of 5 sites and 3 farms with a total capacity of 1502.5 MW.[1]
Wind Farms
Wind farm layout
Borssele I & II
Borssele I & II consists of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines for a total capacity of 752 MW. It was built by Ørsted.
The tender for this farm took place in 2016. A total of 38 bids were received. On 5 July 2017, it was announced that Ørsted had won the tender.[2] Construction of the wind farm began in January 2020 and the first electricity was generated in April 2020.[3] By the end of 2020, the construction was finished. The official opening was on 6 September 2021.[4]
Borssele III & IV
Consists of 77 Vestas V164 9.5 MW wind turbines for a total capacity of 731,5 MW. Built by Blauwwind II, a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi. The tender for this farm was held in 2016. A total of 26 bids were submitted. On 12 December 2016, it was announced that Blauwwind II had won the tender.[5]
Borssele V
Consists of 2 Vestas V164 9.5 MW wind turbines. The wind farm was built by Two Towers, a consortium of Van Oord Renewable Finance, Investri Offshore and Green Giraffe Holding.[6][7]
See also
- List of Offshore Wind Farms
- List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
- List of offshore wind farms in the Netherlands
- Wind power in the Netherlands
- Renewable energy in the Netherlands
References
- ^ "Borssele wind farm zone". Noordzeeloket UK. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Sites I & II | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Borssele I and II Offshore Wind Power Project - NS Energy". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Borssele 1&2". orsted.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Sites III & IV | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Site V, Innovation Site | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Windpark Borssele V: Innovaties in de praktijk | Van Oord/". www.vanoord.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
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