Italian Developer Unveils Plans For 750MW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Sicily

In a significant development in the renewable energy sector, Italian offshore wind developer Regolo Rinnovabili, a subsidiary of BayWa re, has applied for a 30-year offshore concession to construct and operate a 750 MW floating wind farm near the coast of Sicily.

Regolo Rinnovabili has submitted its application to the Port Authority of Mazara Del Vallo, seeking permission to install approximately 50 wind turbines off the coast of Sicily. Each turbine is rated at 15 MW with a rotor diameter of 236 meters and will be equipped with associated cables and grid infrastructure. The electricity generated by the wind turbines will be collected and transmitted to the Italian grid via two offshore substations.

The Mazara Del Vallo 4 wind farm is situated at a distance of approximately 44 kilometers from the Sicilian coast, covering an area of about 226 square kilometers. The procurement value, excluding VAT, for this project is 200 million euros.

Earlier this year, another Italian developer, Mazar Wind Srl, submitted an offshore concession application to build and operate a 1.1 GW floating wind farm located at least 50 kilometers off the coast of Mazara Del Vallo.

In February, Ninfea Rinnovabili applied for an offshore concession for the 750 MW Scicli floating wind farm in the Malta Channel. Just a month later, the same company submitted another offshore concession application, this time for a 795 MW floating offshore wind project along the coast of Sicily.

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