Export Cabling Contract for VBMS
VBMS, announces that it – in consortium with NKT Cables – has been awarded the Borssele Beta contract by TenneT for the installation of two 67km long export cables that will connect the Borssele offshore windfarms 3 and 4 to TenneT’s onshore grid in the Netherlands.
In addition, VBMS will install a 7km long interconnector cable between the Borssele Alpha and Beta offshore substations. The contract value of Boskalis’ share is approximately EUR 70 million.
The grid connection of the Borssele offshore wind area in the North Sea consists of two 700MW connections, called Alpha (for Borssele 1 and 2) and Beta (for Borssele 3 and 4). In November 2016, VBMS was awarded the contract for Borssele Alpha as well as the option for Borssele Beta, which has now also been awarded. The four cables will be routed via the Western Scheldt river and will come ashore near the existing high-voltage substation at Borssele, the Netherlands.
Borssele Alpha will go into service in 2019 followed by Borssele Beta in 2020.