Wind power, the 187 million Fortore plan from IVPC and Eurus

The Fortore wind farm is located in the inland area of Campania. The first phase of repowering, in the municipality of Montefalcone di Val Fortore, will be in operation by June. That is when work will start on the second phase in the municipalities of San Giorgio La Molara, Baselice, Foiano di Val Fortore, San Marco dei Cavoti and Molinara. The project is part of the industrial path of IVPC Group, which over the past 25 years has built wind farms in seven Italian regions, with a total capacity of more than 1,600 MW. "With the completion of the 134.2 MW Fortore wind farm, IVPC marks another milestone on its path in renewables. Repowering represents one of the central challenges of wind energy in Italy: it is not only a matter of installing new capacity, but also of renewing infrastructures that accompanied the first season of renewables and that can now return to production with more advanced technologies," emphasises Oreste Vigorito, president of Maluni Srl, the holding company of the IVPC Group and honorary president of Anev (National Wind Energy Association) president of Benevento Calcio.

"The financing of energy infrastructure is increasingly about the ability to support investments that affect the country's production structure. Fortore intervenes on an existing asset, upgrades its technology and increases its installed capacity. It is a project that shows how energy transition is not just a question of new plants, but also of industrial quality, asset efficiency, and the ability to make the infrastructure assets already available more productive," notes Ferdinando Natali regional manager of UniCredit. "For Crédit Agricole Italia, the repowering project of the Fortore wind farm is an important example of how infrastructure renewal can contribute to the decarbonisation of the Italian energy system and the strengthening of its security," adds Marco Perocchi, head of Corporate Banking at Crédit Agricole Italia.