Nereus

Large-scale floating wind project in the southern Adriatic, south of the Gargano peninsula off Puglia.

Status
Proposedlifecycle stage
Ownership
NCNexta Capital Partners — 100% 
Location
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Technology
Capacity 1,800 MW  Turbines 120  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 80–120 m  Distance from shore 30 km  Wind speed 6.6 m/s @ 150 m 
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Grid Applied  Connection Barletta (BT) — general connection solution from Terna obtained 
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · developer

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)
expected 2027 · planned · the round’s published documents do not name this project
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 operationnot stated

Sources & verification

1/15 fields verified · rests on 6 sources · ◆ 3 documents held
VerifiedModelledSourcedInferredConventionUnverifiedNo source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Auction pipeline1
[6]
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 press5
[1]
Rinnovabili & Risparmio (Italian trade press)2023-05-05◆ Nexta Capital avanza nello sviluppo del …
“Nereus, società del gruppo Nexta Capital Partners … ha depositato presso il Ministero dell'ambiente e della sicurezza energetica (MASE) l'istanza per la definizione dei contenuti dello studio di impat…”
supportsConsentTurbinesTotal capacityStatusConnection point+2 more
[2]
Impianti News (Italian trade press)2023◆ Nereus, il parco eolico offshore sul mar…
“Nereus Srl, una sussidiaria di Nexta Capital Partners … 1.800 MW … 120 turbine eoliche … Mar Adriatico, a sud del Gargano, a est di Vieste (FG), a distanze tra i 24 e i 48 km … profondità approssimati…”
supportsTurbinesTotal capacityFoundationWater depthDistance from shore
[3]
Offshore Energy2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsdeveloper
[4]
4C Offshore2026-07-02
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCoordinates
[5]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed