Renewable energy market giants Neoenergia and Equinor are interested in the Brazilian offshore wind market

With about 7.400 km of coastline, Brazil has enormous potential for wind energy generation through wind farms installed at sea, a technology that is on the rise with Equinor and Neoenergia around the world, however, in some countries it is still a novelty.

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Equinor requests permission from IBAMA to carry out a study

Equinor has applied to the Brazilian Environmental body, IBAMA, for permission to carry out an environmental impact study that will thus “examine the possibility of developing an offshore wind farm project” in Brazilian waters.

Still without detailed plans by the developer, Equinor's local media informs that the wind energy park and wind farms are still in the development phase, which has an area of ​​4,66 GW divided into two fields of 2,33, 1, which were named Aracatu 2 and XNUMX. The offshore wind energy projects generated through Equinor's wind farms are located in the neighboring states of RJ and ES, but not in southeastern Brazil.

The state-owned EPE estimates that Brazil could undertake more than 600 GW in offshore wind farms

EPE estimates that Brazil could undertake around 700 GW in offshore wind power plants, when exploring depths of up to 50 meters, which represents a number greater than three times greater than Brazil's allocated energy generation capacity.

The most favorable zones for technology are between the Southeast, the South and with a main focus on the Northeast, Equinor and Neoenergia are already interested in these areas.

In an interview with Reuters, Mario Ruiz says that there is still a long way to go before the projects get off the ground

In an interview with Reuters, Mario Ruiz, President of Neoenergia said that there is still a long way to go before the first projects for offshore wind power plants even get off the ground, requiring a regulatory definition for the source, therefore the high costs are a hindrance. 

Neoenergia, whose parent company Iberdrola is a global leader in offshore generation, has registered three wind projects on the Brazilian coast – Jangada, Maravilha and Águas Claras, each with 3 GW in potential capacity.