Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Ichnusa Wind Power Project to the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security.
The submission marks Italy’s third floating wind project to reach EIA submission and the first off the Sardinian coast. COP is leading development for Ichnusa on behalf of the project’s owners, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its Flagship Funds, and GreenIT, a joint venture owned 51% by Plenitude (Eni) and 49% by CDP Equity.
Ichnusa is a 504MW floater planned approximately 35km off the coast of Sardinia and will contribute toward the Italian government’s target of 20GW of operational wind by 2030. The project is designed to support local supply chain development by the second half of the decade.
“We are pleased to reach this important milestone for the Ichunusa Wind Power Project. After the submission of the EIA for 7SeasMed on January 2022, we now reach the same milestone for Ichnusa, which is an important step for our consortium in Italy,” said COP Italy chief executive Michele Schiavone.
“Ichnusa’s location offers some of the best wind resources in the Mediterranean, making it an ideal spot to develop Sardinia’s first offshore wind project,” Schiavone added.
The facility is part of a larger, almost 3GW, floating portfolio COP is leading development for in Italy. The pipeline, which could power approximately 2.5 million Italian households, include the 500MW Tyrrhenian site in Latium off the coast of Civitavecchia, three facilities off Sardinia including Ichnusa, the 500MW Nurax installation, the 1GW Poseidon development, and the 250MW 7SeasMed plant off the coast of Marsala in Sicily.