ERG has secured 20-year pay-as-produced tariffs for two wind repowering projects totalling 141MW in Italy’s first RES X auction.
The awards cover the Carlentini project in Syracuse for 97MW, including 81MW of full reconstruction, and the Greci-Montaguto project in Avellino for 44MW, the company said.
The total capacity will rise to 141MW from the current 69MW with expected annual output of more than 300GWh, it added.
Construction is due to start at the beginning of 2026 with both sites expected to enter operation in 2027.
“Thanks to the favourable outcome of the RES X auction for us, we will launch two strategic wind repowering projects that will allow us to achieve the dual objective of modernising the current wind farms with the latest generation technologies and at the same time locking in energy sales prices for the first 20 years of operation with a tariff consistent with our profitability targets,” said Paolo Merli, chief executive of ERG.