There are 3 offshore wind projects already approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security: off the coast of Marsala, between Brindisi and Lecce and off the coast of Manfredonia (Foggia).
But over 70 projects have already been presented, in the sea of Sardinia, Sicily, Calabria and Puglia.
These are the data provided to ANSA Aero, the Italian association of offshore wind companies, which brings together 26 national and foreign companies.
The project off the coast of Marsala was presented by GreenIt (joint venture between Plenitude and Cdp Equity) and by the Ci IV fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
It includes 21 turbines of 12 megawatts each, for a total of 250 MW.
The European Galileo and the Bari-based Hope have received the green light for a 525 MW wind farm in the sea between Brindisi and Lecce, with 35 blades of 15 MW each.
Off the coast of Manfredonia, Seaenergy wants to install 68 15 MW turbines, for a total of 1,020 MW, on 85 square km between 10.5 and 16 km from the coast.
Turbines generally cannot be planted on the seabed (such as in the North Sea), because the Mediterranean is very deep.
Therefore they must be positioned on floating platforms anchored to the bottom.
Which makes installation more difficult and increases costs.
The advantage of offshore wind compared to land-based wind power is that the blades are invisible from the ground, and do not pose problems for the landscape.
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