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Government awaiting Commission’s green light on floating wind farms
George Pullicino says floating wind farm proposal awaiting FP7 funding.
8 May 2012, 12:00am
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
1 min read
The floating wind-farm would produce 54MW, which amounts to 9% of the energy currently generated by the two existing power stations, and 24MW more than projected from the proposed Sikka l-Bajda wind farm.
Resources Minister George Pullicino said government was awaiting confirmation from the European Commission's FP7 funding programme to go ahead with a proposed project for floating wind farms.
Addressing the media on the ministry's work on the fourth year of this legislature on Monday, Pullicino 'announced' the development on the floating wind-farm, which had already been revealed by MaltaToday.
The project description statement (PDS) was submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and published on the authority's website.
According to the report, a location on the northeast of Malta 11 nautical miles from shore, where water depths vary between 100 and 150 metres, has already been identified.
A cable would link the wind-farm to an offshore substation in Maghtab.
Malta will now have to increase its renewable energy share to 10% from the current 1-2% by 2020.
The plant will produce 54MW, which amounts to 9% of the energy currently generated by the two existing power stations, and 24MW more than projected from the proposed Sikka l-Bajda windfarm.
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
Luke Camilleri •
That's one game GonziOPM and his cronies seem to indulge in - THE WAITING GAME, they PLAY for time and we WAIT!
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Kemm ilna insemmu l-wind farms. Dalwaqt jghaddi zmienhom bhal tal-golf courses. Studji kontra studji, u ma naslu qatt. Gorg Pullicino issa stenbah. Le, le ghadu jistrieh miskin. Insejt li gejja l-elezzjoni. Issa kollox possibli. Ara tahsibx f'xi haga ohra bombastika, Gorg.
