Borssele Offshore Wind Farm

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]

Borssele
Map
CountryNetherlands
LocationNorth Sea
Coordinates51°43′N 3°00′E / 51.72°N 3°E / 51.72; 3
Commission date2021
Owner(s)multiple
Wind farm
TypeOffshore
Distance from shore
  • 24 km (15 mi)
Site area
  • 344 km2 (133 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational94 × 8 MW (I & II)
77 × 9.5 MW (III & IV)
2 × 9.5 MW (V)
Make and modelSiemens SWT-8.0-154 (I & II)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (III & IV)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (V)
Nameplate capacity752 MW (I & II)
731.5 MW (III & IV)
18 MW (V)

Wind Farms edit

 
Wind farm layout

Borssele I & II edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Borssele wind farm zone". Noordzeeloket UK. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  2. ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Sites I & II | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  3. ^ "Borssele I and II Offshore Wind Power Project - NS Energy". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  4. ^ "Borssele 1&2". orsted.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Sites III & IV | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  6. ^ "Borssele Wind Farm Site V, Innovation Site | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  7. ^ "Windpark Borssele V: Innovaties in de praktijk | Van Oord/". www.vanoord.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-04.