Borssele Beta

Offshore GridOperationalNL700 MW220 kV67 km

Basic Information

Also known as:Borssele Beta offshore grid connection, Borssele Beta offshore substation, Borssele Beta OSS, Offshore grid connection Borssele Beta

Status:Operational

Capacity:700 MW

Transmission Model:TSO Build & Own

Owners:

TenneT(100%)

Project Company:

TenneT TSO B.V.

Type:offshore grid

Description:

Borssele Beta is a TenneT-owned 700 MW HVAC offshore grid connection and offshore substation (OSS) built to collect and export electricity from the Borssele III & IV (Blauwwind) and Borssele V (Two Towers) wind farms. The system uses a standardised 700 MW topside platform located offshore that collects generation at...

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System Topology

ExportInter Platform

React Flow

Route

	North Sea	Zeeland
Landfall	N/A	Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands
Grid Connection	—	Borssele 380 kV substation

North Sea

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Zeeland

Landfall:Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands

Grid:Borssele 380 kV substation

Cable Specifications

Borssele Beta export cable system

Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands

2 × 220 kV HVAC · 700 MVA · 60 km

System:2 × 220 kV HVAC

Power rating:700 MVA

Route length:60 km(60 subsea)

Burial depth:

Burial depth varies significantly along the Borssele Beta export cable route. Published project documents indicate a nominal/shallow burial practice of about 1 m in the open North Sea sections and...

Borssele Alpha–Beta interconnector

1 × 66 kV HVAC · 7 km

System:1 × 66 kV HVAC

Route length:7 km(7 subsea)

Burial depth:

Project-level requirement for the Borssele Alpha/Beta cable works included deep burial: Boskalis states export cables were installed and buried up to 10 m below the seabed. The installation method described...

Collector Stations

Borssele Beta offshore substation

Borssele Wind Farm Zone (Borssele Beta), North Sea (off Walcheren, Netherlands), Netherlands

700 MW 220 kV · offshore

Rating:700 MW · 220 kV

Location:offshore

Borssele 380 kV substation

Borssele (onshore substation), Netherlands

700 MW 380 kV · onshore

Rating:700 MW · 380 kV

Location:onshore