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Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive an installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months.
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Following the award of the preliminary licence by the Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) on 24 June, SENAI ISI-ER and SENAI -RN told offshoreWIND.biz that work will now commence on detailed design and gathering Joint Industry Project (JIP) partners and that these activities will run in parallel with the work on obtaining the installation licence.
SENAI ISI-ER and SENAI -RN expect to receive the installation licence within the next 18 months.
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SENAI-RN will now begin the fundraising phase and the setup of the JIP for the first stage of the project, which includes the development of the basic and executive engineering design, along with a detailed timeline and budget.
“This phase should take up to 18 months, during which we also expect to secure the installation license, as we will submit the plan with the conditions required under the preliminary license. So, these steps will progress in parallel” , said Rodrigo Mello , Director of SENAI-RN and SENAI ISI-ER.