Falck, BlueFloat to develop 675 MW Minerva Energia floating wind project off the coast of Catanzaro

The Falck Renewables - BlueFloat Energy has created a joint Venture Minervia Energia, an ad hoc company to develop a floating offshore wind farm off Catanzaro.

The developers have chosen Calabria as a location for the proposed 45-turbine Minervia Energia floating wind farm in the Gulf of Squillace, between 13 and 29 km from the coast. The proposed wind farm would have an installed capacity of 675 MW, producing 2.4 terawatt-hours annually, equivalent to the energy consumption of more than 600,000 households, and avoid 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Energy from the development could also be used to produce 45,000 tons of green hydrogen annually.

The developers submitted a request for a maritime concession to the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas at the beginning of December and have started the preliminary consultation (scoping) process which will define the Environmental Impact Assessment study.