By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 11, 2022
Brazil is working on having the regulatory decree where it will set the rules for maritime use for offshore wind energy.
[post_relacionado]Elbia Gannoum, president of the Brazilian Wind Energy Association (ABEEólica), stated that “the perspective is that the regulation will be ready by November of this year in the same Ministry (of Mines and Energy)”.
If this deadline is met, Brazil would face the 2022 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 27) – to be held in Egypt – with the regulations already defined and would start in 2023 with the foundations laid to promote the installation of wind farms in its jurisdictional waters.
“The decree is the regulatory path that we need, we know that there is a bill under discussion in Congress, but also that it may take time due to the elections, and that a legislative initiative naturally takes more time. So the decree serves our investors well,” Gannoum said.
The legislative initiative to which he referred is the one that proposes to promote the exploration of offshore renewable energy, whether wind, solar or tidal, both in the sea and in any “internal water body” in the country, for example, a lake. Project that was presented last year and that, a few weeks ago, was approved by the Infrastructure Services Commission (CI) of the Brazilian Senate, so it must go through the Chamber of Deputies.
This material from petrobanca.com was edited for clarity, style and length.
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