Corio Technology and Brazilian port developer Prumo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to discover utilizing the Port of Açu, north of Rio de Janeiro State, for the deployment of Corio’s future offshore wind tasks.
Beneath the settlement, the 2 firms will discover utilizing the Port of Açu as a strategic base for Corio’s offshore wind deployment, involving the potential reservation of a devoted space for future wind farm set up, operation and upkeep.
“To assist the deployment of offshore wind farms in Brazil, it’s important that we’ve got first-class port infrastructure for wind farm set up, operation and upkeep,” stated Jonathan Cole, CEO of Corio Technology.
“At Corio we all know how essential partnerships are to the profitable supply of main power infrastructure. For this reason we’re delighted to work with regional chief Prumo to discover the longer term potential of the Port of Açu as a strategic base for a pioneering new trade that might deliver huge advantages to the individuals of Brazil.”
Port of Açu, the most important deep water and personal industrial port complicated in Latin America, is anticipated to play a key position in supporting Brazil’s offshore wind sector as a result of its location and proximity to proposed wind farm websites, stated Corio Technology.
“We have already got 33 GW of offshore wind tasks off the coast of the Port of Açu below licence by Ibama (the Brazilian Institute of Setting and Renewable Pure Assets). Round 35% of a wind undertaking is logistical, so this makes the Port of Açu with its wonderful infrastructure an unbeatable answer for the set up of those wind farms,” stated Rogério Zampronha, CEO of Prumo.
Corio Technology is aiming to develop 5 Brazilian fixed-bottom offshore wind farms, totalling as much as 6 GW, along with the Brazilian energy technology firm Servtec.
In response to our earlier information, the tasks are the 1200+ MW Costa Nordeste off the northeast coast of Brazil, the 1200+ MW Vitoria off the southeast coast of Brazil, the 1200+ MW Guarita, the 1200+ MW Cassino, and the 1170+ MW Rio Grande tasks positioned off the south coast of Brazil.
Corio Technology is a portfolio firm of Macquarie’s Inexperienced Funding Group, working on a standalone foundation. Launched in April 2022, Corio already has one of many world’s largest offshore wind growth portfolios, now at over 30 GW.
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