First floating wind farm off Italy 'in four to five years' as Sicily project raises sails

Italy’s first floating wind farm could be turning ‘within four to five years’, if all government approvals are granted to start-up developer 7Seas to build a landmark 250MW project in the deep waters off Sicily.

The €750m ($840m) plan by the developer, which has entered a partnership with Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners for the project, is to construct a 25-turbine farm off the Marsala coast in the Strait of Sicily, using Stiesdal Offshore Technologies (SOT) design TetraSpar platforms topped with 10MW turbines.