Saipem, an Italian engineering company active in the construction of major projects in the energy and energy sectors. infrastructure, has signed a collaboration agreement for wind power free float in Italy with Divento, a partnership between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP, through the "flagship" fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V), GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (a subsidiary of Eni which is the shareholder of reference of Saipem) and CDP Equity (shareholder of Saipem which makes part of the CDP group), 7 Seas Wind Power and NiceTechnology.

The agreement concerns the use of STAR 1, the technology owner of Saipem for floating wind power, in favour of the 7 Seas Med projects, in Sicily, and Ichnusa Wind Power, in Sardinia, in order to support their participation in the first auctions provided for by the Fer2 Decree of last June 2024 which defines the regulations for the "Incentive of source plants renewable energy or with high generation costs that have characteristics of innovation and reduced impact on the environment and on the territory".

STAR 1 is a technology developed for the production of of semi-submersible foundations intended for industry of floating wind power. The floating wind farm 7 Seas Med, located in the Strait of Sicily over 35 km from the coast, with a capacity of 252 MW and an estimated annual production of about 800 GWh, it is the first of its kind in Italy to receive the decree of environmental compatibility by the Ministry Environment and Energy Security. Ichnusa Wind Power is A project that will be developed about 40 km from the coast south-western Sardinia by the company of the same name with a capacity of 504 MW and with an annual production of about 1.6TWh renewable energy. Both initiatives are being developed development and pending the completion of the framework definition regulatory framework, in view of the first Italian auctions dedicated to innovative renewable technologies, including offshore wind float.

Saipem announced that it was selected after a competitive technical-economic feasibility procedure.