Equinor started licensing process with Ibama for the offshore wind farms Aracatu I and Aracatu II, Brazil, with 2 GW in each and the possibility of expansion to 2.33 GW.
The plan is to install the first wind farm on the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the second, between the states of Rio and Espírito Santo.
According to the project, the parks will be installed about 20 km from the coast, at depths between 15 and 35 meters. There will be a total of 320 wind turbines, 160 per wind farm, each with a nominal capacity of 12 MW.
Each wind farm will have an offshore substation for the conversion and flow of energy to the coast. On land, another substation connects to the interconnected transmission network.
Aracatu I and Aracatu II are Equinor’s first two offshore wind projects in Brazil. The company has been betting on the solution in several countries in Europe, Asia and the USA.