Malta’s Regulator for Energy and Water Services (REWS) has received 13 proposals for the potential development of floating solar farms in Maltese territorial waters.
InterConnect Malta, owned by the Maltese government, has issued a prior information notice (PIN) for the tender for the manufacture and installation of the submarine cable for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy. The contracting authority plans to issue a tender for the deta
InterConnect Malta, the company behind the second Malta to Italy interconnector, has issued a tender for the manufacture and installation of onshore cables for the project. The tender is looking for a company to manufacture and install the onshore 245 kV and 145 kV cables, fiber optic cable and acce
A site located within Malta’s territorial waters has been identified as the potential location for the country’s first grid-connected floating solar project, Maltese Minister for Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli announced. A preliminary market consultation (PMC) has been launched to a
The second Malta to Italy interconnector has reached a major milestone with the approval of the development permit by the Maltese Planning Authority. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a new ~118-kilometer-long 225 MW HVAC electrical cable interconnection through a submarine cable operating at 2
InterConnect Malta has launched a tender for the transformer and shunt reactors for the second Malta to Sicily electrical interconnector. This is the first of a number of tenders upcoming for the project. The interconnector will consist of a new ~118-kilometer-long 225 MW HVAC electrical cable inter
Malta’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise has issued a draft National Policy for the Deployment of Offshore Renewable Energy for public consultation and has demarcated six floating offshore wind development areas located beyond the country’s 12-nautical-mile territorial waters and
The Parliament of Malta is discussing a new bill today, 10 July, which would facilitate the country’s first offshore wind and floating solar tender. First introduced at a plenary session on 4 July, the bill seeking to amend the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Act is now being read before the Parliamen
