MedWind
Would be world's largest floating wind farm if built. Located in the Strait of Sicily, ~80 km offshore. Total investment estimated at USD 4.8 billion.
ItalyTechnology
Capacity
2,800 MW ◇
Turbines
148 × 18.8 MW ◇
Model
Mingyang Myse 18 X ◇
Foundation
Floating ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Not established we have not found a document granting or refusing rights over this seabed — a gap in our research, not a finding about the project ∅
Water depth
440–900 m ≈
Distance from shore
80 km ◇
Wind speed
7.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
—
Grid
Not recorded ◇
Connection
Interconnection agreement signed with Terna (2022) ◇
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · developer
2032 announced ◇
Delivery outlook not forecast
We don't put a delivery estimate on this project yet. No authority has granted rights to this site, so there is nothing to date a schedule from. That changes the moment the seabed is awarded, a consent application is filed, or the project is named in an auction.
Revenue & offtake route to market — open
No offtake secured — route to market open
The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take.
Next visible round · from the auction calendar
Italy first dedicated offshore auction (FER2 offshore contingent) ◇
stated by industry at Seanergy (May 2026) after informal MASE–Commission talks — strike-price revision by end-2026, auction "at the latest in 2027"; no MASE notice
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageProposed
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operation2032
Construction ports
PortMarsala ∅
Sources & verification
1/17 fields verified · rests on 11 sources · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator3
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Med Wind Italia SRL / Renexia S.p.A.2026-02◆ HOME - Med Wind
"Med Wind Italia SRL" operates the project; floating structures "float and not be fixed to the seabed"; EIA application submitted 2024; development area reduced to approximately 900 sq km from initial…
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Renexia S.p.A.2026-07-21◆ Beleolico - Renexia
“RENEXIA Società per Azioni (joint stock company) subject to the management and coordination of toto holding s.p.a. – Nominal capital 5.000.000 € fully paid up – VAT and Tax Code and company registry n…”
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Auction pipeline1
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reNEWS2026-05-20◆ renews-seanergy-fer2-strike-2026-05
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsItaly first dedicated offshore auction (FER2 offshore contingent)
Trade press7
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Toto Holding2024
“Conceived by Renexia and located in the Strait of Sicily, Med Wind represents the first floating offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean.”
supportsoperator
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4C Offshore2026-07-02
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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