EDP Renewables has been awarded 39MW of wind power in the seventh auction called by the Italian government through the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici.
The new wind farm, located in Sicily, will start operating in 2023 with six 6.5MW turbines distributed between the municipality of Santa Caterina Villarmosa and the Petralia Sottana substation.
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Construction will start this year with the goal of being completed in 2023.
EDPR’s operational capacity in Italy currently totals 385MW.
It said that with the 160MW that the company has under construction and this new project, its total capacity will increase to 584MW.