Novel approach for offshore wind siting using the marine strategy directive framework

Arianna Nicosia

Novel approach for offshore wind siting using the marine strategy directive framework.

Rel. Giuseppe Giorgi, Claudio Moscoloni, Carola Chicco. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Energy And Nuclear Engineering, 2024

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Abstract

Italy is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050; to do so a significant development of renewable energy capacity is needed. As it is known, wind energy production is one of the most efficient, hence, Italy, in the National Integrated Energy and Climate Action Plan (NIECAP), intends to reach 2050 goal of carbon neutrality by setting the intermediate target of installed wind capacity of 19.3 GW (including 0.9 GW offshore) to be reached by 2030. Therefore, a steep increase of wind energy production is expected, both onshore and offshore. As to offshore wind facilities, their environmental impact is yet to be fully understood.

This study’s aim is to provide a novel framework that individuates the principal pressures produced by an offshore wind turbine and the receptors that can be affected by them