Petróleo Brasileiro SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government of Rio Grande do Norte to discover the feasibility of a pilot offshore wind mission within the state.
Rio Grande do Norte will align the mission with state initiatives and streamline analysis and growth processes. They’re going to additionally give attention to enhancing the area surrounding the pilot mission. In flip, Petrobras will conduct environmental and social influence research to make sure the mission’s viability.
“Petrobras has been establishing partnerships with establishments and firms to amass information and coaching within the offshore wind phase, with a purpose to consider future initiatives and alternatives on this phase. Rio Grande do Norte has a pure vocation, a wonderful wind regime for offshore wind initiatives and we imagine that the state’s vocation ought to be capitalized on”, Petrobras president, Jean Paul Prates, mentioned in a press launch.
Petrobras mentioned the corporate boasts probably the most potential offshore wind initiatives below research in Brazil with functions filed with Ibama, the Brazilian Institute of the Surroundings and Renewable Pure Sources.
The corporate is actively investing in analysis and growth to make offshore wind a actuality, it mentioned. Petrobras mentioned it has requested licensing for initiatives in 10 areas, totaling a possible capability of 23 gigawatts (GW). Seven of those initiatives are positioned within the Northeast area, with a mixed potential of 14.3 GW. Moreover, Petrobras is collaborating with Equinor on research in seven additional areas, providing one other 14.5 GW of potential capability, Petrobras mentioned.
“The corporate is conducting the most important wind mapping marketing campaign in Brazil”, Petrobras mentioned. “Final yr, the corporate accomplished a decade of offshore wind measurements and is intensifying measurement campaigns in some areas within the Brazilian sea, that are elementary for assessing the technical feasibility of future offshore wind power installations.
“That is the case, for instance, with six platforms positioned in shallow waters off the coasts of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará and Espírito Santo”.
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