Among the choices that Italy is making to give more content to the energy transition, there is wind energy. In Northern European countries, wind farms were built thanks to public-private funding, until 255 Gigawatts of installed power were reached. Fortunately, investments are not decreasing, governments believe in it and Germany, Sweden, Finland are now in the top positions Europe for this type of energy. Let's even say that they face the Green New Deal with the availability of more energy sources. The mix we talk about so much. In 2022, 87% of wind capacity on the Continent it was produced by onshore wind farms. Floating ones are, however, growing and in the next few years they will also increase in Italy. Green IT (the Italian joint venture for renewables between Plenitude and CDP Equity) e CIP (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners) yesterday announced an agreement to develop three wind farms offshore in Lazio and Sardinia. In Lazio, off the coast of Civitavecchia, there will be a plant with a capacity of 540 MW. The other two plants will be built off the coast of Olbia with a power of 500 and 1000 MW respectively. Ultimately the three projects are expected to generate about 5 TWh per year, but will only be operational between the 2028 and the 2031. They will give their contribution to the transition close to the EU's green objectives for 2030. They will increase the Italian renewable energy power which in the specific case has a public financial origin, given the presence of Eni and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in GreenIT.
The wind power that respects the environment
It will take 5-8 years between the announcement of the new parks, design and construction. It reassures the circumstance that the final energy power supplied will satisfy the consumption of 2,5 million families. "The plants - says the note from the two partners - will be developed by a joint work team supported by Copenhagen Offshore Partners, the exclusive supplier of CIP for the implementation of offshore wind power, and by NiceTechnology and 7 Seas Wind Power". They are Italian companies with experience in floating plants that have already collaborated with the Italian-Danish consortium. Moreover, they have two other projects underway in Sicily and Sardinia. Technologies will be at the forefront ea low environmental impact. Floating foundations will be used which will also have to minimize visual impacts. From an authorization point of view there should be no objections because everything suggests that the industrial enterprise will be shared with the local authorities. The companies involved in the construction of the new parks have announced that there will be synergies with the other offshore initiatives managed within the same partnership. Another important fact for the path towards renewables is that with this agreement the consortium becomes one of the major operators in the sector in Italy with projects for a total capacity of around 3 GW. The operation takes place as part of the Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate 2030 which will place GreenIT and CIP among the protagonists of renewables with an annual production at full capacity of approximately 7 Terawatt hours. Another step towards the useful (forward?) integration between gas, oil, wind, photovoltaic, biogas.
