Three Applications Submitted in Malta’s First Offshore Wind Tender

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The Maltese government has received three submissions in the pre-qualification period for the country’s first offshore wind tender, which will award a concession for a floating wind project with an installed capacity of around 300 MW.

The Ministry for the Environment, Energy, and Public Cleanliness said on 22 July that the submission phase for the Preliminary Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), launched in December 2024, had concluded, with three companies and consortia looking to participate in the process: Code Zero Consortium , led by SEP (Malta) Holding; Atlas Med Wind , a consortium led by Italy’s GreenIT SpA; and MCKEDRIK Sole Member , a sole applicant based in Greece.

In December last year, Malta opened the PQQ period, seeking to pre-qualify potential developers who will then be invited to participate in the next stage(s) of the tender to build Malta’s first floating wind farm. The project is planned to have an installed capacity of between 280 MW and 320 MW.

The deadline for submissions was initially set to 28 March, but the Energy Ministry extended the application period until 6 June at the beginning of this year.

Malta’s floating wind tender comprises three stages: the currently running Preliminary Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage, followed by the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD), and Best and Final Offer (BAFO) as the final stage.

The evaluation process is now underway, and after this process is completed, the selected candidates will be invited to submit initial proposals in the ITPD stage. The government will then launch the BAFO stage when final and detailed project proposals will be submitted.