The Dutch Blauwwind II consortium, developing the Borssele-3 and Borssele-4 offshore wind projects in the Netherlands, is seeking further investments to fund the high-capital project.
The consortium, consisting of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi/DGE, won the second Borssele tender with a bid of €54.50/MWh (excluding transmission costs) in December 2016. The maximum subsidy available for this tender was capped at €11.975c/kWh and the winning consortium bid €5.45c/kWh, the lowest ever strike price for offshore wind power.
The Borssele-3 and 4 parks are the second stage of the Borssele complex, consisting of two 350 MW offshore wind parks, Borssele-1 and 2, awarded to Danish energy group DONG Energy in July 2016. The capacity of the Borssele-3 wind park will range between 322 MW and 360 MW, while that of Borssele-4 will range between 342 MW and 380 MW. By 2020, about 1.4 GW of offshore wind capacity are expected to be operational off Borssele.
In the meanwhile, TenneT has started the surveys for the installation of four 220 kV cables with a capacity of 350 MW each, which will be designed to connect the Borssele park to the grid.
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