Energia eólica offshore: tratamento de dados e avaliação de aproveitamento em áreas de grande potencial no Brasil

Abstract

This study evaluated the potential to develop offshore wind as an option to generate electricity in Brazil from a renewable energy source. Different aspects were analyzed in order to make this assessment: Firstly, a review took place to study the technology, the offshore wind value chain and policies that are currently used. The next step was to analyze Brazil’s economic potential to adopt offshore wind energy: firstly, a research was made to identify Brazilian offshore regions with the best available wind. In the following step, wind farms were modeled in these regions using System Advisor Model (SAM) and data collected from Brazilian Marine weather stations and satellite data that were treated with the help of Python programming. As a result, the levelized cost of electricity and the energy output of these farms were estimated. Furthermore, from the extrapolation of these results, considering the wind variation along the Brazilian coast, the country’s offshore wind potential was also estimated, focusing on regions with best available wind. Finally a synthesis was made in order to conclude about Brazil’s real potential to exploit offshore winds.