Petrobras to deploy more buoy units for offshore wind measurement

Brazilian state-run oil and gas company Petrobras (BVMF:PETR4) will invest BRL 60 million (USD 10.5m/EUR 9.7m) in the second stage of a sea wind testing and measuring project.

Petrobras said in a statement that it intends to release new Bravo floating Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) buoy units to collect, monitor, and assess offshore wind resources. Five new units are expected to start operating in December and additional ones will be deployed in late 2025.

The original BRAVO unit has recently completed one year of nonstop wind measuring operations in the Areia Branca Sea on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. It was developed in partnership with the Senai Institutes for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and Embedded Systems (ISI-SE).

"It's another vital step in our energy transition journey. This project phase is necessary to validate the technology and prompt Brazil's biggest offshore wind mapping campaign, which is vital to assess the technical feasibility of future offshore wind energy facilities," noted Mauricio Tolmasquim, Petrobras's Energy Transition and Sustainability Director.

(BRL 1.0 = USD 0.176/EUR 0.163)

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