Borssele Offshore Wind Farm

Borssele

Country| Netherlands
Location| North Sea
Coordinates| 51°43′N 3°00′E﻿ / ﻿51.72°N 3°E﻿ / 51.72; 3
Commission date| 2021
Owner(s)| multiple
Wind farm
Type| Offshore
Distance from shore|

* 24 km (15 mi)

Site area|

* 344 km2 (133 sq mi)

Power generation
Units operational| 94 × 8 MW (I & II)
77 × 9.5 MW (III & IV)
2 × 9.5 MW (V)
Make and model| Siemens SWT-8.0-154 (I & II)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (III & IV)
Vestas V164-9.5MW (V)
Nameplate capacity| 752 MW (I & II)
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[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]

* 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[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.

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