HOLLANDSE KUST ZUID I & II CAPACITY 700MW
BELWIND
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CAPACITY 165MW TURBINES 55
Vattenfall and Statoil are participating in the tender for sites
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I & II in the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind zone, after © Parkwind
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the Netherlands opened the first phase of the country’s first subsidy-free tender on 15 December. Vattenfall said it is joining the tender as part of its commitment to
A bio mussel force line was installed at the Belwind offshore wind farm in
green transition of Northern Europe and sees it as an important
November, and will be used to measure the forces exerted by the sea on the
step to become fossil free within one generation.
livestock facilities. The installation is part of a two-year Noordzee Aquacultuur
In addition, the offshore wind development, and hence this
project studying the biological, technical and economic feasibility of growing
bid, fall under Statoil’s ambition to invest around €10 billion in
shellfish on Belgian wind farms in the North Sea, as well as the complementarity
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of simultaneously managing a mussel farm and an offshore wind farm.
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profitable renewable and low carbon projects in the coming years, as part of the company’s development from a focused oil
The 165MW Belwind project is located on the Bligh Bank approximately 46km off
and gas company to a broad energy major.
the coast of Belgium and has been operational since 2010.
The contract for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II is expected to be awarded in March this year, with the project scheduled for commissioning in 2021.
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BORSSELE III AND IV
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CAPACITY 740MW TURBINES 93 FOUNDATIONS MONOPILES
BAY OF SAINT-BRIEUC
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CAPACITY 496MW
The Blauwwind consortium developing the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farms has
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signed an agreement for Partners Group,
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private market investment managers, to join the consortium as an equity investor on behalf
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of its clients.
Siemens Gamesa has received the necessary
The agreement is the outcome of a planned
approval for switching from the Adwen 8MW
assessment by consortium partners Shell,
wind turbine to the Siemens Gamesa 8MW
Diamond Generating Europe (DGE), a fully
turbine to be used on the Bay of Saint-Brieuc
owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation,
offshore wind farm in France. Ailes Marine, the developer of the project, will now incorporate
and Eneco Group on how to best fund the
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project. The wind farms are currently owned by
the decision into the project’s documents.
CAPACITY 309MW
Shell (40%), DGE (30%), Eneco Group (20%),
The construction of the wind farm is expected
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completion of the agreement, Partners Group
to start this year, while it is scheduled for commissioning in 2020.
and Van Oord (10%), while, following the will control a 45% share, with Shell controlling a
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20% stake, DGE a 15% stake, and Eneco and © STX France
Van Oord a 10% stake each. Located 22km off the coast of the province of
The topside for Rentel’s offshore substation started its journey from the Saint-Nazaire
Zeeland, Borssele III and IV will feature 93 MHI
Port to Belgium on 12 January. The installation of the 1,200t topside, consisting of a
Vestas turbines.
large steel building with four deck levels, is expected to be completed in early 2018. Located some 32km off the coast, the 309MW offshore wind farm will comprise 42 Siemens D7 type wind turbines, each with an individual installed capacity of 7.35MW. Rentel is expected to deliver first power to the Belgian grid by mid-2018, with the entire wind farm planned to become fully operational by the end of the year.
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