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Med Wind

The New Wind Energy,
in the Open Sea

Sustainability and Progress:

Med Wind Leads
the Energy Transition

Cutting-edge Technology

for a Sea of
Clean Energy

RENEXIA HAS DESIGNED AN INNOVATIVE FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND FARM IN THE HEART OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Med Wind will be an offshore wind farm with high-power turbines, producing clean energy by harnessing wind power. It will be a highly environmentally sustainable project: thanks to innovative “floating” technology, the structures will float and not be fixed to the seabed. The Project has been developed considering all aspects of environmental protection and compatibility with the territory, with the support of environmental associations. The distance from the coast avoids landscape impacts, and innovative mitigating measures will be implemented during the Project’s lifetime. Med Wind is the most advanced example of the Renexia model, developing new clean energy, creating a value chain for Sicily and Italy, and strategically contributing to the energy transition.

AMBITIOUS NUMBERS

Floating turbines

Up to 0

Total power

0 GW

Expected annual production

≈ 0 TWh/a

Energy needs the plant can meet at full capacity

≈ M families

Of total Italian electricity consumption

Equal to about %

Unit power of turbines

Up to MW

Distance from the coast

Min. km

Hub height / Rotor diameter

180 m / Up to m

Seabed depth

Up to m

MED WIND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

2024

Submission of EIA application

2025

Submission of application State property concession

2026

Obtaining EIA
Obtaining a State Concession
Submission of application AU (Single Authorisation)

2027

Obtaining Tariff
Obtaining AU (Single Authorisation)

2028

NtP “Notice to Proceed” (first section)

Med Wind: The Wind of the Future is Blowing!

The history and future of Med Wind: how it was born, how it will work, and the benefits it will bring. Born from Renexia vision for a more sustainable, innovative, and inclusive future for the environment and people, Med Wind will blow a wind of great evolution in the Italian and European energy landscape. We tell its story in this video.

THE GENESIS OF THE MED WIND PROJECT

Environmental optimization: Impact Study and strategic redefinition

For the Environmental Impact Study, extensive environmental, geophysical, geotechnical, and archaeological surveys were conducted, which allowed identifying, delimiting, and excluding from the park’s development area all sites with environmental interest characteristics, while no artifacts or sites of relevant archaeological or historical interest were found. The surveys allowed updating the layout of the Med Wind wind farm, reducing the development area to about 900 sq km from the initial 2,500 sq km.

Socio-economic enhancement: employment synergies and union partnerships

Renexia looked not only at the sustainability and feasibility of the Project but also at its future. For this reason, it commissioned a socio-economic impact study, constantly updated, capable of indicating the effects on employment and the impact on productive sectors at national and regional levels. With these results, it signed a Framework Agreement at the regional level with the Sicilian Region trade unions of CGIL, Cisl, Uil, and Ugl, based on the principles of legality, safety, and continuous training.

Territorial innovation: virtuous collaborations with Municipalities

The Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Municipalities of Marsala, Petrosino, and Mazara del Vallo aimed at promoting innovative and environmentally and community-friendly technological solutions in the area. The protocol provides for energy efficiency studies for the creation of energy communities, electrification projects for law enforcement vehicles and port docks, and joint initiatives aimed at raising awareness of the environment and ecological transition, such as the collection of plastic at sea.

Fishing sustainability: proactivity in dialogue with the fishing sector

Renexia was the first company in the sector in Italy to commission a preliminary study on the impact of the plant on the fishing sector and to commit to establishing a dedicated Technical Table at national and regional levels, also to reach the definition of a Framework Agreement. The agreement aims to define development projects that guarantee long-term industrial and environmental investments for the Sicilian fishing sector, with the intention of safeguarding fishing activities for the coming decades, while contributing to reducing the carbon footprint of fleets and port infrastructures. The results of these studies, the challenges, and opportunities opened by Med Wind have been presented to the public as part of three Goletta Verde campaigns and numerous conferences, meetings, and workshops on a local and national scale.

Long-term responsibility: eco-compatible end-of-life planning

Renexia has not only planned for the life cycle of the Med Wind park but also for its decommissioning, the end of life. After 25 years of activity, in fact, the plant will be entirely dismantled and its components almost entirely recycled. No trace of its existence will remain in the marine ecosystem and seabed, which will be returned to the community even richer in biodiversity.

Leadership vision: Med Wind as a catalyst for Italian energy excellence

Italy is facing an epochal turning point that would allow it to seize an opportunity for leadership at the European level and in a global perspective, regaining, also in the energy sector, the central role that its position in the Mediterranean has always assigned to it. Med Wind has all the characteristics, in terms of geographical location, size, and technological innovation, to trigger the conditions for the development of a specialized supply chain in Italy and initiate the necessary partnerships to make this turning point a reality.