The country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) has been processing applications for environmental investigation licences for offshore wind projects since 2019 and has so far received applications for 103 proposed projects.
Commenting on the Senate’s passage of the bill, Ben Backwell , CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), said: “There are already around 100 applications for offshore wind projects in Brazil, which represents more than 230 GW of new, clean renewable power. Those projects demonstrate the scale of this bill for Brazil – it unlocks new jobs, rejuvenated industry and a renewed economy.”
“The development of offshore wind will help Brazil reinforce its leadership in the energy transition. Access to cheap and abundant green electrons will put Brazil in pole position to produce green products through electrification and green hydrogen, and play an important role in the global wind supply chain.”
In 2023, Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy and Energy Research Office (EPE) published a new version of the country’s offshore wind roadmap following updates to the regulatory framework for energy generation in Brazil’s law on regularisation, administration, leasing and disposal of areas ( Law No. 9.636/1998 ).
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NOTE: The article was updated on 16 December with information on the two types of awarding development rights as prescribed by the bill.