Shell has applied for environmental licensing with the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) for six offshore wind projects totalling 17 GW, in the states of Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. Environmental studies should start in 2022.
Brazil has currently no offshore wind capacity. According to Brazil's Energy Research Office (EPE), the country has 700 GW of untackled offshore wind potential. In January 2022, Brazil issued a presidential decree regulating the use of physical spaces and national resources within the country’s inland waters, the territorial sea, the offshore exclusive economic zone, and the continental shelf for the development of offshore wind projects. In addition, the decree defines how the procedures to establish an offshore project must be conducted, where the requests can be submitted and what steps companies must follow to carry out their projects. The country's Ministry of Mines and Energy will be tasked with carrying out the necessary studies, selecting the offshore wind zones, as well as organising subsequent auctions.
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