Plenitude and Simply Blue Group to jointly develop Italian floating wind projects
Plenitude, a Benefit Corporation
(Società Benefit) company of Eni, and Simply Blue Group, an Irish blue
economy project developer, have signed an agreement for the joint development
of a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy.
The first two floating offshore wind projects, Messapia in Apulia and Krimisa
in Calabria, have already been submitted to the relevant authorities. Overall,
it is estimated that the two projects will be able to cover the energy
needs corresponding to the electricity consumption of more than 2.5 million
households.
The Messapia project, located about 30 km off the Otranto coast, will have
a total capacity of 1.3 GW and will be able to provide annual power generation
of about 3.8 TWh.
The Krimisa project, located about 45 km off the coast of Crotone, will
have a total capacity of 1.1 GW and will be able to provide annual energy
production of up to 3.5 TWh.
Stefano Goberti, CEO of Plenitude, commented: "With this partnership,
Plenitude expands its portfolio of floating wind projects in line with
its target of reaching 15GW of renewable capacity by 2030 and reaffirms
its commitment to creating an offshore wind supply chain in Italy. For
Plenitude, offshore wind is a key contributor to the energy transition
path and the achievement of our 2040 carbon neutrality targets to provide
fully decarbonized energy to our customers."
Sam Roch-Perks, Group Chief Executive Officer of Simply Blue Group said:
“We are delighted to be partnering with Plenitude and increasing our pipeline
of global projects. Italy represents a big opportunity in floating offshore
wind, and we look forward to combining our expertise and delivering innovative
projects that will provide real solutions to the climate crisis”.