Rentel
Belgian EEZ, ~34 km from Zeebrugge. O&M at Port of Ostend.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
RNRentel NV — 100% ◆
Location
BelgiumNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
309 MW ◆
Turbines
42 ◆
Model
Siemens Swt 7-0-154 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Belgian offshore wind zone — domain concessions (Thornton Bank–Bligh Bank) · 2009 ·
Water depth
22–36 m ◆
Distance from shore
34 km ◆
Wind speed
9.3 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Certificate ◆
Grid
Secured · 2019 ◆
Connection
Elia Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) to Stevin substation, … ◆
Schedule
FID
Oct 2016 ◆
COD
2018-Q4 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
5 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 2 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 contract terms on record · 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 15 sources (15 primary) · ◆ 6 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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Belgian Offshore Platform2025
“Rentel: 309 MW, 42 turbines, monopile foundations, water depth 22 to 36 meters, distance from shore 34 km, surface area 22.72 km2. The Rentel turbines are operational and produce green energy since 20…”
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Jan De Nul
“Building works started early 2018. Later that year, production started to supply green power to approximately 300,000 Belgian households every year.”
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (MUMM)2026-10-12◆ MUMM permit register: milestones for the…
"RENTEL" ... "Environmental permit" ... "Granted" ... "Minister responsible for the marine environment" ... "2013-02-08T01:00:00+01:00"
supportsConsentConsent granted
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Moniteur belge / Belgisch Staatsblad2017-02-22◆ Arrêté royal du 9 février 2017 modifiant…
“9 FEVRIER 2017. - Arrêté royal modifiant l'arrêté royal du 16 juillet 2002 ... a) 129,80 euros/MWh pour les installations faisant l'objet d'une concession domaniale attribuée à la SA Rentel, pour la p…”
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Auction results1
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RBINS / MUMM (Brabant, Degraer & Rumes, 2011 — Offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea, ch. 2)2011◆ rbins-mumm-2011-belgian-owf-ch2
Table 1, "Overview of the dates when the projects were granted a domain concession and an environmental permit": C-Power 27/06/03 · Belwind 5/6/2007 · Eldepasco 15/5/2006 · Norther 5/10/2009 · Rentel …
supportsConcession · Belgian offshore wind zone — domain concessions (Thornton Bank–Bligh Bank)
Trade press2
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CMS Law2024◆ CMS Expert Guide - Offshore wind in Belg…
“Rentel received its domain concession on June 4, 2009 for an area between Thornton Bank and Lodewijk Bank, with a capacity of 309 MW. The Green Certificate scheme provides support for 20 years. For Re…”
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