EDF Renewables has applied for environmental investigations for five offshore wind projects in Brazil, totalling over 10 GW in potential installed capacity. The developer also plans another 2 GW project in the country in partnership with the Brazilian company Internacional Energias Renováveis.
According to documents from Brazil’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), which is processing the applications, EDF Renewables is looking at 21 MW wind turbines as the preferred technology for the five projects, the smallest of which would have a generation capacity of 1,596 MW.
The proposed offshore wind farms are located in the states of Ceará (1), Piauí (1), and Rio Grande do Sul (3). The project EDF is developing together with Internacional Energias Renováveis is located in Rio Grande do Norte.
In Ceará and Piauí, the French global renewable energy developer plans to build 2,016 MW offshore wind farms, one in each state. In Rio Grande do Sul, the company is proposing three offshore wind farms with installed capacities of 1,596 MW, 1,659 MW and 3,024 MW.
The wind turbine capacity for all five projects is cited as 21 MW per unit but the model and the manufacturer have been left unnamed in IBAMA’s documents available online.
