Nobelwind
Bligh Bank II, 47 km from Zeebrugge. Parkwind's first JV with Sumitomo (39%). Meewind (19.9%).
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Parkwind — 80.1% ◆MEMeewind — 19.9% ◆
Location
BelgiumNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
165 MW ◆
Turbines
50 × 3.3 MW ◆
Model
Vestas V112 3-3 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Belgian offshore wind zone — domain concessions (Thornton Bank–Bligh Bank) · 2004 ·
Water depth
26–38 m ◆
Distance from shore
47 km ◆
Wind speed
9.4 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Certificate ◆
Grid
Secured · 2016 ◆
Connection
Belwind I OHVS (coupling cable), then 220 kV cable to Stevin … ◆
Schedule
FID
Oct 2015 ◆
COD
May 2017 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
5 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 5 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the Certificate contract's terms · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers
construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification
Rests on 11 sources (9 primary) · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
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Sumitomo Corporation2015-10◆ Sumitomo, Parkwind, and Meewind Secure F…
“Sumitomo Corporation: 39.02% ... 165 MW total production capacity ... 50 wind turbines rated at 3.3 MW each ... North Sea, approximately 45 km north of Belgian coast ... water depth: approximately 30 …”
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FPS Economy (Belgian Federal Public Service)2024-01-01
“Operational since May 2017 ... Contains 50 turbines, each rated at 3.3 MW ... Total capacity: 165 MW ... Water depth: up to 37 meters ... Distance from coast: 46-52 km ... Foundation type: Monopile”
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[10]
Nobelwind NV annual work report, hosted by MUMM (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Nature)2023-06-12
“The Bligh Bank offshore wind park zone is the initially Belwind concession zone, which has been split up into two separate concessions namely the Belwind and Nobelwind concession. In line with the Roy…”
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[12]
Sumitomo Corporation2026-07-03◆ Sumitomo Corporation exits Belgian offsh…
“Sumitomo Corporation ... has decided to sell its equity stakes in three offshore wind power projects off the coast of Belgium: Northwind (joined in 2013), Nobelwind (joined in 2014), and Northwester 2…”
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (MUMM)2026-10-12◆ MUMM permit register: milestones for the…
"NOBELWIND (BELWIND phase 2)" ... "Environmental permit" ... "Partial transfer from Belwind" ... "Minister responsible for the marine environment" ... "2015-10-07T02:00:00+02:00"
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Trade press5
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Power Technology2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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