Nine companies have submitted an expression of interest for Offshore Windfarm Development in Malta.

The companies are the following: Consortium made up of Prokon Nord, Mammoet Van Dord, Van Dord Dredging and Marine, Sun Energy Ltd, Salv. Bezzina and Sons Ltd; R. S. Design Association on behalf of Mofer; Handel and Financing; Innovative Energy; AX Holdings and Ballast; Needham Offshore Energy; Evelop Netherlands; SLP Energy/ Malta Shipyards; Blue H. Technologies BV; WPD AG Bremen and FNI Consortium made up of Falzon Group, Nordex Energy and Impetus.

The project will be a public-private partnership, since the developers who will be granted authorisation to carry out the project will be expected to finance, build, and operate the wind farms, while the government will provide the marine site on a concessionary basis.

Enemalta Corporation will be the distribution network operator and will purchase the energy at agreed fixed tariffs and terms. The final capacity of the wind farm project is estimated to reach between 75 and 100 megawatts – around 10 per cent of the electricity generated in Malta.