Today in Piombino, at the Poggio all'Agnello resort, the President of the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern, Luciano Guerrieri, presented the project for the New waterfront of the port of Piombino which provides for an investment of over 30 million euros and is focused on modernization and energy upgrading of the maritime station, the construction of a new pilot tower and a breakwater, and the renovation of the North pier and the Batteria pier that will have a fake steel reed covered with solar films.

Presenting the project in the presence, among others, of the mayor of Piombino, Francesco Ferrari, and the commander of the Port Authority, Alberto Poletti, Guerrieri specified that "The project presented today is a piece of a more articulated planning that aims to develop the receptive potential of the port of Piombino, making it a reference point in terms of aesthetics and sustainability environmental'. "This project - he added - will give at the port a new face and a new identity, constituting a an attractive element for travellers passing through the port'.

The project proposal has been outlined in detail from the technical manager of the harbour authority Sandra Muccetti assisted by architect Andrea Mannocci of AndStudioArchitects, which the AdSP has entrusted the task of the design. Three planned interventions. The most qualifying and most onerous, worth 17 million euros, concerns the energy and architectural requalification of the station Maritime: 13 glass canopies will be built, about 18 meters high meters that, overlooking the building, will expand the area covered by incorporating the external connective spaces, for a surface total of 6,140 square meters. The coating will be composed from glass in which photovoltaic cells will be housed. The building will be served by a photovoltaic system of adequate power for a total production of 896,677.6 Kw per year. The work is already financed and is covered from the AdSP partly with own funds in part with funds from the PNRR.

The second intervention concerns the realization of the new Pilots tower at the southeast end of the station maritime. The structure will cover an area of over 200 square meters, will be 43 meters high and will be covered with modules that will have several voids inside them, in order to differentiate visual perception. The project includes installation on the west side of the building of a plant solar photovoltaic able to release a power equal to 14KWp. The tower will also be served by the plant Newly installed solar photovoltaic on the roofs of the maritime station capable of releasing a power of 43 KWp. The work has a cost of 5.5 million euros all financed from the AdSP with own resources.

In the last phase, the mitigation works of the waterfront along the concrete buttress of the breakwater of the North pier and the Battery pier through the construction of a series of cylindrical tubes with variable height and inclination, shaped in such a way as to resemble the reeds present in the area coastal marina. These reeds, 1,760 in all, will be coated from modern photovoltaic "films" and will be placed along the entire length of the North Pier (for a total of 1,089 elements) and on a portion of the Battery pier (for a total of 671 elements). The work has a cost of eight million euros, in part financed from PNRR funds.

Once the validation tests of the project are completed, the AdSP will proceed to the preparation of the tender documents for the assignment of the executive design and works. The goal is to get to publish the call within the first three months of 2024.