Offshore Wind farms in Belgium

Belgium has 16 offshore wind farm projects of which 12 currently operating, none where construction has progressed enough to connect the turbines and generate electricity, none are in the build phase, and none are either consented or have applied for consent. You can access over 80 data sets on each wind farm subject to your access level and drill down to see items such as:

on project 'Princess Elisabeth - Noordhinder Noord' on Friday, 01 September 2023, the following was announced: 'Update May 2021: The publication of the “first” call for competition is foreseen in autumn 2023. The bidding window will open for 1 month in Q2 2024. The winner will be announced Q3 2024. The first new offshore installations in the Princess Elisabeth zone will become operational in 2026-2027, with first power in 2026 and full commissioning in 2027.

Update Jan 2021: The Royal Decree on tenders will be issued in 2022 and the tender will open 2023 (up to 700 MW) for in interested companies and consortia. A second call for tenders (up to 1.4 GW) within the Prinses Elizabeth Zone is scheduled for 2025 following the strengthening of the onshore network.

update 14/11/19: Tender is expected in 2023 for commissioning 2025/2026. The current framework of granting State concessions will be replaced by a more competitive system, similar to the Netherlands regime. Three options are currently under consideration: a zero-subsidy tender like in the Netherlands, a fixed price system similar to that in the UK, and the option of negative subsidy bids, where a bidder is prepared to pay the government for the concession. A 30 year concession and 15 year subsidy are to be awarded with all permits as a package. The government intend on auctioning domain concessions of 700 MW and 1,000 MW.

The tender process is anticipated to commence in 2022.'