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Offshore windfarm III/ IV now fully operational

The Borssele III&IV offshore windfarm in the Dutch North Sea is now fully operational. The construction of the 731.5 MW wind farm, with a total of 77 V164-9.5 Megawatt turbines produced by Vestas, was completed on-time, with official commissioning on 6 January 2021.

Shell was one of the original partners in the Blauwwind Consortium that was awarded the right to develop, construct and operate the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farms under a 30-year lease in Dec 2016 alongside partners Diamond Generating Europe, Eneco and Van Oord. In 2018 Partners Group joined the consortium and financial close was announced. The consortium partners are Partners Group (45%), Shell (20%), DGE (15%), Eneco Group (10%) and Van Oord (10%). The wind farm is expected to produce roughly 3.000 Gigawatt hours (Gwh) per annum, which is equivalent to the annual power use of 825,000 Dutch households. Shell Energy Europe Limited and Eneco have secured contracts to each sell 50% of the power produced.

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How Shell helped build the Borssele III&IV windfarm

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