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  • Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm Goes Into Operation

    20 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, built by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, went into operation on 20 December. After final commissioning, the offshore wind farm will add 759 MW of generation capacity to the Dutch electricity grid and achieve the 4.5 GW offshore wind target the Netherlands set for 2023, […]

  • Octopus Energy Creates GBP 3 Billion Offshore Wind Fund

    17 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Octopus Energy’s generation arm has launched a dedicated fund with Japan’s Tokyo Gas to invest GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.5 billion) in offshore wind globally by 2030. The fund, set up with a GBP 190 million (about EUR 217 million) cornerstone investment from Tokyo Gas, will invest in the development, construction, and operational stage […]

  • ‘Collaborate with Non-Obvious Partners’ – Offshore Energy Industry Talks Innovation and Speeding Things Up 

    30 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Transition

    The offshore wind industry, now the linchpin between several offshore energy industries, is calling for both innovation and accelerating deployment, while also making sure one does not impede the progress of the other.  

  • Octopus Energy Acquires Stake in Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    UK-headquartered Octopus Energy has made an investment in the 731.5 MW Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Octopus Energy Generation acquired a 10 per cent stake in the fully operational 731.5 MW offshore wind farm, located 55 kilometres from the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands. The deal comes […]

  • Nuveen Buys Stake in Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    10 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Nuveen Infrastructure has announced an investment that will see the company acquire a 15 per cent stake in the 731.5 MW Borselle 3 and 4 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands from Partners Group. The transaction will see the fund acquire 15 per cent of the 731.5 MW offshore wind project located 22 kilometres off […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Project Attracts Major Investor

    8 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Private market investment managers, Partners Group, has signed an agreement to join the Blauwwind consortium developing the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farms as an equity investor on behalf of its clients. 

  • Borssele III & IV Produces First Power

    7 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm produced first power early in the morning on 7 August, the Blauwwind consortium informs. “This marks a key milestone in the construction of the project as the first turbine is now generating power and delivering renewable electricity into the Dutch grid”, the developer said. The first of […]

  • MHI Vestas Signs Turbine Supply Deal for Borssele III & IV

    30 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement for the Borssele III & IV offshore projects in the Netherlands, for which the consortium comprising Shell, Eneco, Van Oord, and Mitsubishi/DGE won the tender in December 2016.

  • First Borssele III & IV Monopile In Place

    25 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first monopile for the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. Van Oord will place a total of 77 monopiles for the Borssele III & IV and two for the innovation site Borssele V. The Borssele III & IV wind farm will be built 22 […]

  • Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV

    7 October 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. In an interview with Offshore WIND at WindEnergy Hamburg, the company’s Head of Business Area Wind, Gunnar Groebler, said that the ongoing and […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation Starts at Borssele III & IV

    26 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation works have started at the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, according to the Blauwwind consortium’s social media posts. Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus, which will install all 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines, has arrived at the project site on 25 May, according to the vessel’s AIS […]

  • Van Oord Selects Tekmar CPS for Borssele III & IV

    27 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has selected Tekmar Energy’s Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mechanical Latch for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm.

  • Van Oord Selects Prysmian Cables for Borssele III & IV

    18 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Van Oord Offshore Wind B.V. to provide a submarine inter–array cable system for Borssele III & IV offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Shell and Blauwwind Partners Eyeing Borssele Stake Sale

    3 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Following news that emerged yesterday, saying the Blauwwind consortium partners (excluding Van Oord) are looking to sell a stake in the 700MW Borssele III & IV project, Offshore WIND contacted Eneco who stated that the partners are exploring options to attract additional investors in the project to free up capital for future offshore wind projects.

  • Borssele III & IV Stands Complete

    27 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The final of the 77 MHI Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines has been installed at the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The last turbine was secured on-site on Thursday, 26 November. The final set of turbines will now be commissioned and tested in preparation for full power generation, the Blauwwind […]

  • Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms

    12 December 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    This evening, the Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele tender. Following the announcement, the consortium revealed that the preferred supplier for the wind turbines is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The team comprising Shell, Eneco, Van Oord, and Diamond Generating Europe (100% subsidiary […]

  • Borssele III and IV Consortium Applies For EIB Funds

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Blauwwind II C.V., a consortium behind the Borssele III and IV offshore wind project, has applied for a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of the 740MW offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea.

  • Borssele III & IV Tender Specifics Revealed

    12 July 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    On 8 July, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published the Ministerial Regulation providing subsidy tender details for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the Loyens & Loeff law firm has reported. The new regulation is similar to the one for the first Borssele tender, won by DONG Energy at a tender price of €7,27cts/kWh. The […]

  • Partners Group Raises Borssele Cash

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Private markets investment manager Partners Group has raised EUR 3 billion in the latest round of project fundraising, a portion of which will go towards the 730MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm.

  • 26 Bidders Apply for Borssele III & IV

    4 October 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the governmental body reported after the tender closed on 29 September. A team comprising national and international experts is now evaluating all applications and RVO.nl said it plans to have the opening tender round reviewed before the end of the year. […]

  • Construction on Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Enters Final Stretch

    18 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Around three-quarters of wind turbines have been installed at the 731.5 MW Borssele III and IV wind farm off the Netherlands, MHI Vestas said. The first of the wind farm’s 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines was installed at the site some 55 kilometres off Vlissingen at the end of May. Van Oord’s installation vessel […]

  • TenneT and Blauwwind Sign Borssele III and IV Grid Connection Agreements

    24 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TSO TenneT and Blauwwind, the consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi/DGE, have signed the grid connection agreements for the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farms situated off the coast of the Dutch province Zeeland.

  • Borssele III & IV to Feature MHI Vestas 9.5MW Turbines, Sif Monopiles

    20 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Sif has won a contract by Van Oord for the production of 77 monopiles for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind project in the Netherlands.

  • Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW

    16 September 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September.  As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market trends, according […]

  • Blauwwind Secures EIB Funding for Borssele Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved project financing for the Blauwwind offshore wind farm located in the Borssele III and IV zones in the Dutch part of the North Sea.

  • Van Oord Taps Visser & Smit Hanab for Borssele III and IV Cables

    9 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has awarded Dutch high voltage specialists Visser & Smit Hanab with a contract to perform all array cable terminations and testing work at the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. A total of 77 MHI Vestas V164 9.5 MW wind turbines will be connected to the Borssele […]