In 2023, Petrobras unveiled plans to develop wind farms offshore Brazil with a potential capacity of up to 23 GW, including a floating wind project in Rio de Janeiro, after submitting a request to IBAMA to start the environmental licensing process for ten areas off the Brazilian coast.
In April 2024, the company deployed a floating LiDAR buoy for offshore wind measurement in the Areia Branca sea, off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. In October that year, Petrobras announced it would deploy five new units of a Brazil-made floating LiDAR for wind measurements off the country’s coasts.