Ørsted commissions Borssele 1 & 2
Ørsted has fully commissioned the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. It has a capacity of 752 MW, making it the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
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Netherlands, Zeeland: Ørsted has fully commissioned the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. The wind farm has a capacity of 752 MW, making it the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
Ørsted won rights to the Borssele 1&2 site in July 2016, with an average bid strike price, excluding transmission costs, of $87.02/MWh (€72.70/MWh) for the first 15 years of the project’s operation. The project consists of 94 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SG 8.0-167 DD turbines. It is located 23 km off the coast of Zeeland and is expected to provide power to over 500,000 households on annual basis.
Henrik Poulsen, CEO and President of Ørsted, says: “This is an important milestone for the green transformation and for Ørsted. We are proud that we have commissioned our first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, which is among the global front runners in the energy transition. With Borssele 1 & 2 as the first step, we wish to make a significant contribution to the Dutch transition from fossil to renewable energy. We are proud to have completed this large-scale clean energy project on time and within budget during the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining our focus on health and safety.”
Steven Engels, General Manager Benelux at Ørsted, says: “It is great that we can now deliver enough green electricity to power one million Dutch households. Ørsted has delivered what it promised back in 2016, when we won the tender with a ground-breaking bid price. Realising the first project of the large-scale offshore wind roll out programme in the Netherlands is an important milestone for the Dutch energy transition.”
Flemming Thomsen, Ørsted’s Senior Programme Director for Borssele 1 & 2 says: “Together with our suppliers, our construction team has successfully installed this wind farm at high quality in less than nine months. By introducing additional health and safety measures offshore as well as onshore, we were able to continue construction during a global pandemic. We are grateful and proud of the delivered result and pleased to witness the commissioning of Borssele 1 & 2.”
Source: 4C Offshore