Falck and BlueFloat on Ionian mission for third Italian floating wind plan
Developer partners eye 675MW development off Calabria in latest proposal for deepwater deployment
Floating wind partners Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy further raised their ambitions in Italy with plans for a 675MW project off Calabria.
The two companies, which are already advancing gigawatt-scale projects in the Adriatic, said the 45-turbine development, called Minervia Energia, would be sited between 13km and 29km off Catanzaro in the Gulf of Squillace, an inlet of the Ionian Sea.
The project partners applied for a maritime concession to regional officials at the beginning of December and have started preliminary work ahead of an environmental impact assessment.
Plans include using the region’s main port to support construction and maintenance of the wind farm.
Italy has rapidly emerged as a significant target market for floating wind developers, with large tracts of its waters unsuitable for fixed-foundation development.
Among 55 companies and business associations expressing interest were Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, DEME Offshore, the EDPR-Engie joint venture Ocean Winds and RWE, as well as Italian oil major Eni.