"The Taranto steelworks has an interest in offshore wind energy" because "it is a large sheet metal producer and a large customer that needs clean energy".
The CEO of Acciaierie d'Italia, Lucia Morselli, said this via video link to a conference today in Rome on floating offshore wind power, organized by The European House Ambrosetti.
"We have ample space to support the production of steel necessary for floating wind power - explained Morselli -. We don't need to invent new plants, we have them. The technological upgrade is trivial, investments under 100 million euros.
The production capacity is there 'We have great abundance.
We can support Italian production, but also that in the Mediterranean."
Furthermore, the manager continued, "Taranto has built a very advanced network of industries in steel processing" and "Fincantieri (which could build the floating platforms, ed.) knows that it has this supply chain available".
"We need this clean energy, we need it enormously," Morselli said later. from the plants (the sea in front of Puglia is one of the areas where offshore wind can be built, ed.) is a great value for those who have to invest".
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