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From the second year onward the municipalities can choose alternatively to receive a fixed income equal to € 8,000 for each wind turbine installed or to be entitled to 3% of the energy and green certificates gross revenues (excl. VAT).

Buddusò - Alà dei Sardi

Summary

Current status : Expected completion date: in phases until 2011
Location : Alà dei Sardi-Buddusò, Sardinia, ITALY
Number of turbines : 69
Expected capacity : 138 MW
The amount of clean energy produced annually is the equivalent to the energy consumed by: 130,000
Amount of CO2 saved : 230,000 tonnes
Planning authority : Regione Sardegna
Project manager : Filippo Marchi

The Buddusò – Alà dei Sardi wind farm is located in Sardinia in a well known windy area, in the municipalities of Buddusò and Alà dei Sardi in the Olbia/Tempio Pausania. The wind farm will extend across a plateau that is aligned approximately southwest-northeast. The elevation of the site ranges between 700 m and 1000 m.

Following detailed monitoring of the wind resource, electrical connection studies, environmental studies and the impact on local communities, Buddusò – Alà dei Sardi was recognized as one of the best locations in Italy for a wind farm. After carrying out extensive environmental assessment work, The Regione Sardegna (Assessorato della Difesa dell’Ambiente) issued a positive VIA (Environmental Impact Valuation) in March 2007. This authorization, in addition to all the other permits that the project has received, makes the wind farm fully authorized and ready for construction. Unfortunately, the Regione Sardegna has delayed the start of construction while it seeks to clarify its overall development policies.

When completed, the wind farm will have 69 turbines. Each turbine will be 90 m high from its base to the highest point of its blade. When the wind farm is operating fully it will generate over 300 GWh per year of green electricity.

It is estimated that the wind farm could displace up to 230,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually which would otherwise have been produced by a power station burning fossil fuel.

The wind farm is owned by GeoPower Sardegna Srl., which is jointly owned by Falck Renewables Ltd and the project’s developer GeoPower. The connection point will be built directly by Enel Distribuzione outside the LSTK EPC Contract, under another contract in accordance with TERNA and GRTN specifications.