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The BI Participações e Investimentos Group Has Started the Licensing Process for a Second Offshore Wind Generation Complex in Ceará
Located in Camocim-CE, the complex is the second offshore wind generation project of BI Energia and the fourth of its kind in the state. With 100 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.2 GW, the wind farm received authorization from Ibama to prepare an environmental impact study involving renewable energies.
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Ceará May Have the Country’s First Offshore Wind Farm in 2023
Undoubtedly, the wind generation project is expected to require investments of R$ 14 billion, according to the company’s executive director, Lúcio de Castro Bonfim Junior. He reveals that on July 3, the environmental licensing process was started by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama).
Moreover, Bonfim details that at this first moment, the agency announces the terms of reference, which allows for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) for the renewable energy project.
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The executive president of the Brazilian Wind Energy Association (ABEEólica), Elbia Gannoum, emphasizes that the arrival of offshore wind farms in Brazil has progressed at a good pace, taking longer for environmental licenses. According to her, including these plants in the auctions contracted by the Federal Government should not create difficulties.
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“Brazil has an excellent problem to solve: many alternatives for renewable energies: hydropower, onshore wind, biomass, solar, natural gas, and nuclear. All with enormous potential. Thus, some countries need to import or rely on coal. That is the issue,” he reflects.
Similarly, the BI Participações e Investimentos group is also responsible for the Caucaia-Parazinho Offshore Wind Farm, located in the municipality of Caucaia, with a capacity of 598 MW and an estimated investment of R$ 7 billion. In operation since 2016, the project is already further along.
Finally, the executive director recalls that he submitted the EIA to Ibama in December 2019, having received feedback from Ibama last week: rejected. “They gave us 30 days to demonstrate and we are working. In the justification, they pointed out much more regarding the term of reference that has not yet been published.”
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