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Three Applications Submitted In Malta’s First Offshore Wind Tender

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The Maltese government has received three submissions in the pre-qualification period for the country’s first offshore wind tender, which will award a concession for a floating wind project with an installed capacity of around 300 MW.

These first two paragraphs add more detail.

The Ministry for the Environment, Energy, and Public Cleanliness said on 22 July that the submission phase for the Preliminary Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), launched in December 2024, had concluded, with three companies and consortia looking to participate in the process: Code Zero Consortium, led by SEP (Malta) Holding; Atlas Med Wind, a consortium led by Italy’s GreenIT SpA; and MCKEDRIK Sole Member, a sole applicant based in Greece.

In December last year, Malta opened the PQQ period, seeking to pre-qualify potential developers who will then be invited to participate in the next stage(s) of the tender to build Malta’s first floating wind farm. The project is planned to have an installed capacity of between 280 MW and 320 MW

Note.

1. Despite being Malta’s first offshore wind farm, it will be a floating wind farm.
2. It is a medium-sized wind farm, which will probably give the Maltese chances to supply some services.
3. The consortia seem to have some local involvement.

Malta appears to be taking a sensible route.

I asked Google AI, what was Malta’s electricity generating capacity and got this reply.

Malta’s total electricity generation capacity is approximately 0.83 million kilowatts, according to TheGlobalEconomy.com. This value represents the latest data from 2023. The majority of this capacity comes from conventional power plants, with a smaller but growing contribution from renewable sources.

As 0.83 million kilowatts is 830 MW, these offshore wind farms could replace up to 36 % of Malta’s current generating capacity.

From my experience of the island Malta is not a bad place to live, so recruiting the specialist engineers, that are needed shouldn’t be a problem.

I can also see other small countries following a similar route to Malta.

July 23, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Floating Wind Power, Malta, Offshore Wind Power, Wind Power