A consortium of Eneco, Shell and Van Oord has made a bid to participate in the Dutch government tender to build two windfarms off the Dutch coast. The consortium has selected MHI Vestas as the preferred wind turbine supplier, Van Oord said in its press release.
The wind power tender comprises of two permits to build and operate two windfarms of 350 MW maximum installed capacity each – enough to power the equivalent of 825,000 households. The two windfarm sites, called Borssele I and II, are located 22 km off the coast of Zeeland.