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title: "Borssele 1 & 2"
source: https://hafrok.com/projects/nl-borssele-1-2/
identifier: nl-borssele-1-2
updated: 2026-10-13
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# Borssele 1 & 2

Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/nl-borssele-1-2/  
Data as of: 2026-10-13

Located 22 km off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Connected via the TenneT Borssele Alpha offshore substation (66 kV to 220 kV export).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sea basin | North Sea |
| Capacity | 752 MW |
| Turbines | 94 |
| Lifecycle stage | Operational |
| Owners | Ørsted · Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) |
| Coordinates | 51.64, 3.07 |
| Commercial operation (announced) | 2020-12 |

## Milestones

- **Consent applied** — 2015-08-07 (achieved)
- **Consent granted** — 2016-03-24 (achieved)
- **Final investment decision** — 2018 (achieved)
- **Offshore construction** — 2020-01 (achieved)
- **First power** — 2020-04 (achieved)
- **Commercial operation** — 2020-12 (achieved)

## Offtake

752 MW contracted — tender award

- **Tender award · Borssele Wind Farm Sites I & II** — €72.7/MWh · awarded 2016-07 · 15-year term

## Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording.

- Ministerie van Economische Zaken (Netherlands), 2016-03-24 — https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0037794/2016-04-09
- RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency), 2015-09 — https://www.rvo.nl/sites/default/files/2015/09/33953992.pdf
- RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency), 2016-07-05 — https://english.rvo.nl/information/offshore-wind-energy/borssele-wind-farm-sites-i-ii
- Ørsted A/S, 2017-07 — https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2017/07/orsted-signs-agreement-with-siemens-gamesa-for-wind-turbines-borssele-1-and-2-offshore-wind-farm
- Ørsted A/S, 2017-08 — https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2017/08/vlissingen
- Ørsted A/S, 2021-02 — https://cdn.orsted.com/-/media/annual2020/annual-report-2020.pdf?rev=982c3382c2f0459486e16c7098dd5b57
- Ørsted A/S, 2022-02 — https://cdn.orsted.com/-/media/annual2021/annual-report-2021.pdf
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2020-04-29 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/04/29/borssele-1-2-generates-first-power/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2020-11-27 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/11/27/borssele-1-2-fully-commissioned/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2021-05-31 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/05/31/orsted-divests-half-of-borssele-1-2-owf-for-eur-1-38-billion/
- WindpowerNL, 2020-01-13 — https://windpowernl.com/2020/01/13/start-foundation-construction-at-borssele-1-2-owf/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2016-07-05 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/07/05/dong-energy-winner-of-dutch-borssele-i-ii-tender/
- DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/
- Overheid.nl (wetten.overheid.nl), 2015 — https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0036785

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