Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are planning a second floating offshore wind farm off Puglia, southern Italy.
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are set to file, on behalf of the company Odra Energia, the documentation required to start the authorisation process for a 1.3GW floating offshore wind farm off the province of Lecce.
Similar to the first project off the coast of Brindisi, Kailia Energia, announced last September, the project developers behind Odra Energia are about to begin a voluntary preliminary consultation process aimed at providing a better understanding of the scope of the environmental impact study which will be carried out.
A request for the maritime concession will also be filed with the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Port System Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea.
In addition to generating clean energy, the Odra Energia project proposes a collaborative and value-sharing approach with the communities in Puglia located near the proposed wind farm.
The project will rely on ports in the region, both for construction and maintenance activities, offering the possibility to diversify the nature of infrastructure, the quantity and quality of services offered in support of floating offshore wind potentially also for other floating wind projects in the Mediterranean Sea, the partners said.