San Severo onshore wind farm located in the Apulia region of Italy will supply up to 55,000 Italian homes with green electricity.
RWE has commissioned one of its largest onshore wind farms in Italy after a year of construction. The 54-megawatt (MW) San Severo wind farm consists of 12 turbines, each with a capacity of 4.5 MW. Located in the province of Foggia in the municipality of San Severo, the wind farm will supply up to 55,000 Italian households with green electricity.
Katja Wünschel, CEO RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, said: “The commissioning of San Severo crowns a successful year with a number of new renewables projects in our core Italian market. With Mondonuovo, we have started the construction of another large wind farm, Bosco is our first Italian solar farm under construction and we have just taken the investment decision for Morcone and Acquafredda, our world’s first commercial advanced agri-PV plants to be built next spring. We look forward to the next milestones in our journey to help Italy achieve net zero by 2040.”
RWE offered Italian residents the opportunity to take up an active role in the energy transition and benefit financially directly from it. Subscribers to this community funding had the opportunity to invest between €250 and €5,000 with a term of 24 months and a guaranteed return of up to 9% gross per annum. The total San Severo community investment was €200,000.
RWE Renewables Italia has a strong presence in the Italian renewable energy market. The company pursues an integrated project approach that includes the development, construction and operation as well as marketing of wind farms and solar plants. RWE operates 16 onshore wind farms with an installed capacity of approximately 527 MW in the country and with its onshore fleet, RWE supplies around 400,000 Italian households with green electricity every year.
The company is also currently constructing the 53-MW Mondonuovo wind farm in the Apulia region and Bosco (8.3 MWac), its first Italian solar plant near Palermo.
