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Petralia Sottana

Summary

Current status : Expected completion date: early 2010
Location : Petralia Sottana, Sicily, ITALY
Number of turbines : 32 turbines
Expected capacity : 27.2 MW
The amount of clean energy produced annually is the equivalent to the energy consumed by: 52.4
Planning authority : Regione Sicilia, Assessorato Industria, Dipartimento Regionale dell’Industria
Project manager : Filippo Marchi

Sicily is one of the best regions in Italy to install wind farms due to the high wind resources and site accessibility. Petralia Sottana is no exception to this rule, with a predicted long term mean wind speed at each turbine location of 6.4 m/s and easy access, making it a very appealing project. After carrying out extensive environmental assessment work, The Regione Sicilia has permitted the construction of the wind farm through an “Autorizzazione Unica”.

The wind farm will comprise of up to 32 turbines, each having a three bladed rotor of 58 m in diameter, supported on a tapered cylindrical tower of 65 m. Rated output from each turbine will be between 800 and 850 kW.