Lupiae Maris filed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its 525MW floating offshore wind project in Apulia, Italy.
The submission to the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and Ministry of Culture is a key milestone towards obtaining planning permission to build and operate the plant.
The company foresees the installation of 35 floating wind turbines in the Southern Adriatic Sea largely off the coasts of Brindisi and Lecce.
The project’s sponsors, Apulia-based developer Hope Group and Galileo, the pan-European renewable energy development platform, further confirmed the launch of a campaign in spring 2023 to precisely assess the wind resource at sea.
“We filed the documentation to initiate the EIA application of Lupiae Maris and we thank the several Italian and international players and bodies which, over the last two years, have contributed to the design of the project by using some of the most advanced technologies in the sector,” said Chairman of Lupiae Maris and Business Development Director of Galileo in Italy Francesco Dolzani.
“It is a very important step, that complies with all regulatory provisions, for the implementation of the floating offshore wind technology in Italy.
“We are open to dialogue and look forward to collaborating with the authorities and with the offshore wind supply chain, as well as engaging the local communities in order to complete all administrative procedures on schedule. We seek to realise a wind farm that will be able to generate, at a convenient price, around 1.5bn renewable kWh per year, i.e. the annual requirement of over 500,000 families.”