Petrobras Assesses Environmental Viability of Power Generation in Offshore Wind Farm in Campos Basin

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 21/05/2022 at 20:05

Updated on 21/05/2022 at 20:06

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Petrobras’ Assessment Aims at Renewable Energy Production in Offshore Wind Farm, One of the Green Alternatives of the State Giant

Petrobras (PETR3;PETR4) announced that it is analyzing, alongside the Norwegian energy company Equinor, the environmental viability of an offshore wind farm in Aracatu, in the Campos Basin, 20 kilometers off the coast. The project under evaluation consists of an offshore wind farm with an energy production capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW).
The report transmitted by the company formalizes the statements made by Petrobras’ president, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, last Wednesday (the 18th), in the morning, during a panel at the congress ‘Global Carbon Market – Decarbonization & Green Investments’, which runs until this Friday at the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, in the southern zone of the city.
At the event, Coelho stated that Brazil has great potential for offshore wind energy and that this mode of generation aligns with Petrobras’ experience, leadership, and competence in the maritime environment, especially in deep and ultra-deep waters. According to him, offshore wind farms are one of the environmentally friendly alternatives of the company, alongside the development and production of advanced biofuels.

Petrobras Points Out That Partnership with Equinor Was Established Back in 2018

According to Petrobras, the joint assessment is the result of a partnership established with Equinor back in 2018 and is associated with the Strategic Plan of the state-owned company for the years 2022 to 2026. The company also communicated that the environmental characterization document for the Aracatu Project, required in the environmental licensing process, was filed in August 2020.
The study related to the wind farm in the Campos Basin has the support of the Research and Development (R&D) program of the company’s Research and Innovation Center (Cenpes), being dedicated to reducing risks and accelerating technological maturity gains.
Petrobras’ director of Institutional Relations and Sustainability, Rafael Chaves, stated in a note that Brazil’s potential for offshore wind energy production allows the country to explore promising opportunities for diversifying its energy matrix.
Just like onshore wind generation, the technology associated with offshore wind farms uses the power of the winds to produce renewable energy, but it operates based on large-scale equipment and delivers large volumes of energy.

About Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind energy is a clean and renewable energy source obtained by harnessing the wind’s force that blows offshore, where it reaches greater and more constant speeds due to the absence of barriers. In order to explore this resource as much as possible, mega-structures are developed that are established on the seabed and equipped with the latest technical innovations.

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