Texas firm enters Brazil offshore wind platform joint venture

Offshore Wind Power Systems of Texas (OWPST) has formed a joint venture with developer Eolica Brasil to use its proprietary mobile jack-up platform for an ambitious 11.2GW project planned off Brazil, Recharge has learned.

The new company, Servemar, will also market the Titan 200 in Latin America and the Caribbean. OWPST holds a 49% stake in the venture.

The deal will take legal effect from the date of Servemar’s registry in Brazil, which could occur by 1 October, according to Marcello Storrer Prado Garcia, president of Eolica Brasil.

Where applicable, Eolica will exclusively use OWPST’s Y-shaped platform to support proposed 6MW wind turbines for its Asa Branca project off Brazil’s northeastern Atlantic coastal state of Ceará.

Prado Garcia notes that the developer may have to find…

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