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Petralia Sottana

Summary

Current status : Expected completion date: in construction
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: 16,000 households
Amount of CO2 saved : 25,000 Tonnes saved p.a.
Planning authority : Regione Sicilia, Assessorato Industria, Dipartimento Regionale dell’Industria
Project manager : Pierluigi Filizzola

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.

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 32 turbines, with a mix of 52 and 58 m rotor diameters, supported on a tapered cylindrical tower of 65 m. Rated output from each turbine will be 850KW.

The wind farm is owned by Eolica Petralia srl. A company fully owned by Falck Renewables Plc.  

The project financing is under negotiation.