European Floating LiDAR, Energy Intelligence Providers Join Forces in Brazilian Offshore Wind Market

TGS, an energy data and intelligence provider based in Norway and the US, and EOLOS, a floating LiDAR technology provider based in Spain, have partnered to offer wind and metocean measurement campaigns in Brazil.

Within the partnership, TGS will manage client contracts, campaign design, deployment and operations, while EOLOS will supply its FLS200 floating LiDAR systems for wind, metocean and environmental measurement services as a subcontractor.

TGS will maintain close engagement with regulators and local stakeholders and align programmes with Brazilian content, logistics and permitting requirements to enable timely execution for domestic and international developers, the two companies said in a press release on 27 October.

The partners, who have been collaborating in the offshore wind market since 2022, say that combining floating LiDAR measurements with TGS metocean experience in Brazil helps developers refine site selection, optimise layouts and foundation concepts, and prepare stronger bids and permit applications.

“TGS is an established partner of EOLOS, with a track record in regions that set the basis for our agreement in Brazil. Proven experience in the offshore sector, demonstrated through our joint competence, together with their existing infrastructure within Brazil and appetite for complementing their existing services with floating LIDAR technology, makes TGS the candidate familiar to both our end-clients and our own team”, said EOLOS Sales Director Julian Harland.

“This partnership positions TGS to deliver the measurement backbone that Brazil’s offshore wind market needs at scale”, said Will Ashby, Executive Vice President of Business Development at TGS. “We are ready to mobilize multiple EOLOS FLS200 units, deliver fuse measurements with our metocean and geospatial data sets, and provide the clarity developers and investors require to commit capital with confidence.”

In Brazil, the government recently granted the first preliminary investigation licence for an offshore wind project to a pilot developed by the SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER).

Currently, Brazil’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) is analysing 104 environmental licensing requests for offshore wind projects.

Meanwhile, the Brazilian government is working on the policies and regulations that will facilitate identifying and putting offshore wind areas up for auctions, with the country’s first tender expected to open as soon as the framework and permitting procedures are in place.

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