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sea around it and floating wind
and solar farms are a key part of
that vision.
The Energy Ministry recently
issued a market consultation for
projects to install solar farms at
sea.
The purpose of the prelim-
inary market consultation is
to gauge market readiness for
nearshore floating solar tech-
nology projects.
These 50MW farms are ex-
pected to be implemented with-
in the sea area extending up to
12 nautical miles off the Maltese
coast, at a potential offshore
site south of Marsaxlokk, with
a corresponding cable route to
Delimara Power Station.
The government is also gaug-
ing interest for floating renew-
able energy projects in Mal-
ta's Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ), which covers six poten-
tial areas outside the 12-mile
limit of the territorial waters.
compressed air 'battery' to store excess wind energy
