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Offshore wind: Brazil's blank slate
5th May 2026
China's typically smaller, shallow-water WTIV designs are better suited to Brazil's offshore conditions than European designs. Design example, Wind Keeper, was acquired from China by Cadeler in 2025 (image: Cadeler)
Brazil’s offshore wind sector is on the brink of a major expansion as government mulls the granting of licences of more than 170GW, that will see the support industry require new vessel designs to meet regional challenges.
Off Brazil’s north-east coast lie vast tracts of shallow water, around 50m deep, putting 700GW of wind energy potential well within monopile and jacket territory, according to Brazilian Energy Research Centre (EPE).
This suggests that Brazil’s service and operation vessels (SOVs) could