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  • Exclusive: Siemens Gamesa Extends Service Contract for Major Offshore Wind Farm

    18 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea until 2036. The original 15-year long-term service program (LTP) to service wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm has now […]

  • Shell Puts Together Offshore Wind Recruitment Team

    6 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions (formerly Shell New Energies) has selected ERSG and Light Source People for global staffing services for its offshore wind business. Following a tendering procedure, Light Source People has been appointed as an official supplier to provide contractors and permanent staff for Shell’s offshore wind projects and wider renewables portfolio globally under a […]

  • ECN Carries Out Wind Studies for Two Borssele Bidders

    19 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Two unnamed offshore wind developers bidding for the 700MW Borssele I and II projects asked the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) to assess their designs in advance to further solidify their business cases and instill confidence in investors. Ten project developers are in the running for a permit to develop the two 350MW wind farms off the coast of Zeeland, […]

  • New Esvagt SOV Ready for Action

    11 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Esvagt’s service operation vessel (SOV) newbuilding, NHST-146, is now ready to start working for Vestas at Borssele 3 & 4 and Northwester 2 wind farms, the Danish offshore support specialist said. NHST-146, the first of the three SOV newbuildings for Vestas, is ready and accepted by the Class and by Esvagt, and has been ready […]

  • Rystad Energy: Global Installed Offshore Wind Capacity to Grow by 37% in 2021

    4 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    The world’s installed offshore wind capacity rose by 15 per cent in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year will see a 37 per cent growth in global installed offshore wind capacity, according to Rystad Energy. Major contributor to both last year’s and this year’s growth is China. The country is expected to ramp […]

  • Partners Group to Sell Stake in Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has agreed to sell a 20 per cent stake in the 731.5 MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm to Swiss Life Asset Managers on behalf of its investors. Borssele is a fully operational offshore wind farm located 55 kilometres from the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands. The wind farm […]

  • Dutch Stop Offshore Wind Turbines to Protect Migratory Birds in ‘International First’

    17 May 2023
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbines at Borssele and Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farms were stopped for four hours on 13 May, to help migrating birds pass by safely. According to the Dutch Government, this is the first time such a measure has been applied and is in line with the approach of the government and participating […]

  • DONG Orders Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in Dutch waters.

  • Port of Antwerp Files Appeal Against Borssele Cable Route

    1 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port Authority of Antwerp has filed an appeal to the Dutch Council of State against a proposed export cable route for Borssele offshore wind farms. The proposed cable route, identified as the 4B route, holds a security risk for maritime traffic to and from Antwerp since the cable is in the busiest area of the Westerschelde, and […]

  • TenneT and HSM Sign Borssele Beta Contract, Cut First Steel for Borssele Alpha

    1 September 2017
    Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. and the Schiedam-based HSM Offshore have cut the first steel for the Borssele Alpha offshore transformer station and have signed a contract for the construction of the Borssele Beta platform.

  • Borssele Steel On Display

    30 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Work on the jacket foundation for the 700MW Borssele Alpha offshore transformer station is in full swing at HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands, as this photo shared by Ørsted shows.

  • TenneT Cleared to Start Building Borssele Offshore Grid

    27 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The governments of Flanders and the Netherlands have reached an agreement on the Borssele subsea cables that will run through the Western Scheldt (Westerscheld), the estuary of the Scheldt river and an important shipping route for the Belgian Port of Antwerp.

  • HSM Offshore to Build Borssele Transformer Stations

    14 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch transmission systems operator TenneT TSO B.V. has awarded a contract to the Schiedam-based HSM Offshore for the construction of offshore transformer stations required to link up the wind farms to be built offshore at Borssele in the south-west of the Netherlands. The contract concerns the offshore platform for the Borssele Alpha wind farm zone. […]

  • Vallourec Structural Tubes for Borssele OSS

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The France-headquartered Vallourec is supplying structural tubes for the Borssele Alpha and Beta offshore transformer stations in the Dutch North Sea.

  • 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 […]

  • TenneT and HSM Offshore to Load Out First Borssele Steel

    17 July 2018
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and HSM Offshore will hold a load-out ceremony for the jacket foundation of the Borssele Alpha transformer station in Schiedam on 26 July.

  • Boskalis to Use New UXO Detection Technology at Borssele Zone

    21 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    In October, Australian company Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) will deliver a new system for detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) to Boskalis, recently contracted together with Fugro to survey and identify UXO along the cable routes for the planned grid connection between TenneT’s two offshore platforms and its high-voltage substation onshore.

  • Dutch MPs Call For Extension of 2023 Offshore Wind Capacity Target

    8 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has received a motion to look into the possibility of adding new offshore wind farm zones to the country’s list of projects scheduled for commissioning by 2023.

  • Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens

    4 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Public consultation for the tender regulations related to the fifth site at the Borssele Zone in the Netherlands opened today and will close on 1 February. The purpose of the consultation is to get feedback from the stakeholders on the draft regulation, which will shape the tender, and to receive improvement proposals for the final regulation, which will be published in […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • HSM Offshore Extends Joulz Contract with Borssele Beta

    27 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    HSM Offshore has contracted Joulz Energy Solutions as subcontractor for TenneT’s 700MW Borssele Beta to be built offshore at Borssele in the south-west of the Netherlands.

  • 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.

  • DONG Energy and TenneT Make Borssele 1&2 Link Official

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    TSO TenneT and DONG Energy have signed a grid connection agreement for the  Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm off the coast of the Dutch province Zeeland.

  • 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 […]

  • Ørsted Reveals Dutch Offshore Wind+Hydrogen Pitch

    14 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted will be submitting a bid in the Dutch offshore wind tender for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3&4 (Holland Coast South 3&4). As part of its proposal to the Dutch government, Ørsted has already taken the final investment decision on the project and is working to establish green hydrogen projects based on power from its […]