Analysis of the European experience as parameter for the implementation of offshore wind plants in Brazil

Abstract

This article analyzes the experience of implementing the offshore plant, having as a premise the need and urgency to search for energetic alternatives in Brazil and in the world. The article is divided into four sections, analysing the composition of the energy matrix of production in Brazil compared to its sustainability, also the experience of implementing offshore wind farms as an alternative energy source. This is an exploratory bibliographic research, with data collection in institutional repositories of entities linked to the energy and environmental sector. The analysis of such differences is done from a critical and dialectical point of view, taking into the social, economical and political differences between Europe and Brazil. It is considered, on the one hand, that offshore wind energy has the potential to reduce dependence on the hydroelectricity system, generating greater diversity in the energy matrix, with environmental advantages over other sources, such as thermoelectric power. On the other hand, the lack of regularity and scarcity of studies on the technical, economic and environmental protection feasibility for their implementation in Brazil suggests obstacles to be overcome.