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“The pilot plant project in Rio Grande do Norte is no longer just an idea, a dream. We are talking about something concrete, which exists” , said Rodrigo Mello, director at SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and its arm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, SENAI-RN, as the institute announced an invitation to partners/investors to join Brazil’s first offshore wind project.
SENAI ISI-ER, SENAI-RN, and the company Dois A Engenharia e Tecnologia presented the multi-client notice at the Brazil Windpower event in São Paulo on 29 October.
The pilot is the first offshore wind energy project in Brazil to receive a preliminary license from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA).
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In June this year, after the licence was granted, SENAI-RN told offshoreWIND.biz that it would 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.
The pilot offshore wind farm will have, among other functions, that of a test site, in real operating conditions, for future wind turbines that will be deployed in the Brazilian sea.
The project licensed by IBAMA provides for the installation of two wind turbines with a combined power of 24.5 MW some 4.5 kilometres offshore the Port-Island of Areia Branca.
The planned installation system is based on a model created by the Spanish company Esteyco, and licensed in Brazil by Dois A Engenharia. The approach makes it possible to fully assemble the towers on land and then take them to the offshore site, with the support of tugboats.