Conference on Offshore Wind in Adriatic Sea to Be Held in Italy

May 28, 2013

The Polytechnic University of Marche along with the Marche Region, as a partner of the project POWERED, is organizing a conference entitled “The Development of Offshore Wind Energy in the Adriatic Sea: the Project POWERED as a Planning Tool” on May 29 in Ancona.

The event will be hosted in the great hall “Guido Bossi” of the Faculty of Engineering. The conference will start at 9:30 and will continue until 17:00. Attendance is free of charge.

The European POWERED project (Project of Offshore Wind Energy: Research, Experimentation and Development), funded under the IPA Adriatic Cross-Border Programme for 2007-2013 (led by the Abruzzo Region), has now reached an important phase of its program. Maps of wind resources at the Adriatic Sea have already been produced and a European tender for the implementation of a network of meteorological towers has been assigned, which will support the numerical forecasting system intended for the production of electricity from future wind parks to be erected in the Adriatic basin.

The conference will feature speakers from public facilities (Ministry of Environment, the University of Bologna, ARPA Emilia Romagna, the University of Hull, the Polytechnic University of Marche, Lezha Region of Albania), environmental organizations (Environmental League) and private companies from the wind sector (Garrad-Hassan, WPD Offshore, Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., Tozzi Nord, SIMAM, API nova Energy, Micoperi Marine Contractors, MAIT SpA, Condor Wind Energy).

The conference acts as a discussion platform for the preparation of Guidelines for the Correct Installation of Offshore Wind Farms in the Adriatic Sea, the main goal of the project POWERED. The next day, May 30, is scheduled for meetings of the Scientific Committee and the Steering Committee.

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Offshore WIND Staff, May 28, 2013; Image: sgurrenergy