By Celso Chagas and Esther Obriem

(BrasilEnergia) For Equinor, the government’s ability to map the offshore wind sector and drive its implementation is the first pillar for the development of this market in Brazil. “We don’t usually have this. We don’t usually have defined targets for the source, but we understand that this is very important to give developers the size of the market,” said the company’s technical leader in offshore wind energy in the country, Gabriel Góes Monteiro, on the first day of South America Offshore Wind 2024.

The executive pointed out other pillars that the Norwegian company, present in more than 30 countries around the world, understands to be important for the success of the offshore wind industry.

“Over the past two years, when drafting projects or discussing with governments and industries, we have shared all our experience from our domestic headquarters and what is necessary in a preliminary phase for a country to be successful,” he pointed out.

The second point is predictability. “In other words, when and where an auction or project can be developed. Predictability is important for both the government and the industry,” he pointed out.

 Regulatory flexibility was the third point cited by Monteiro. “Many times, projects have to be delivered all at once, but we see in projects from other parts of the world that, for offshore wind power, the initial phase, with preliminary studies, is already important. We don’t have a goal, we don’t have predictability, and this still needs to be built,” he pointed out.

The construction of an efficient network was the last aspect addressed by the executive, to transport the energy generated at sea.

He also believes that it is essential to know when and where an auction will be held, how large the project will be, in addition to the main areas of the country where the project will be developed.

Finally, the executive highlighted that having knowledge about the environmental campaigns to be implemented for the development of the projects should be on the radar of companies.

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