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On 24 March 2016, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs signed Kavelbesluit V windenergiegebied Borssele (Site Decision V, BWBR0037802), formally designating Site V as the innovation plot (innovatiekavel) within the Borssele Wind Farm Zone for two wind turbine positions with a maximum combined capacity of 20 MW. The designation built on the Minister's earlier announcement of an innovation kavel in his letter of 19 May 2015 and followed the draft site decisions for Sites III, IV and V. The decision was published in the Staatscourant on 8 April 2016 (nr. 14551) and established the legal basis under the Offshore Wind Energy Act (Wet windenergie op zee) for the subsequent SDE+ subsidy and permit tender, which opened in January 2018 and was awarded to Two Towers B.V. (Van Oord Renewable Finance, Investri Offshore and Green Giraffe Holding) on 6 April 2018.