Global offshore wind developer Corio Generation and Brazilian shipyard and marine construction company Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore how EBR’s facilities could support future offshore wind projects off Brazil’s south coast.
The companies will look at how EBR’s existing infrastructure, located close to Rio Grande port in Brazil’s southern province of Rio Grande do Sul, could support the deployment of two wind farms planned for the south of the country: Cassino Offshore Wind (1,200+ MW) and Rio Grande Offshore Wind (1,200+ MW).
Corio, with its partner Servtec Energia, aims to build five offshore wind farms in Brazil, totalling up to 6 GW, four of which are located off the southern and south-eastern coastlines. The EBR shipyard covers an area of approximately 1.7 million m², with extensive facilities for building floating platforms for the oil and gas industry.
This expertise could be adapted and utilised for the construction of offshore wind farms.
Wataru Nosaka, ceo of EBR, highlighted the synergies between offshore wind projects and the oil and gas industry, noting that its shipyard has “a long-standing presence in the south of the country, training and employing thousands of workers over many decades”.
Earlier this year, Corio Generation and Bord Gáis Energy established a partnership to explore opportunities to supply Ireland’s electricity market with green electricity from offshore wind.
