Caucaia Offshore Wind

Off Caucaia, Ceará near Fortaleza. First IBAMA licence denial for offshore wind in Brazil.

Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
BEBI Energia — 100% ◆
Location
Brazil
Southwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity 576 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation —
Site & conditions
Site rights Not established we have not found a document granting or refusing rights over this seabed — a gap in our research, not a finding about the project ∅
Water depth 12–15 m ≈ Wind speed 8.2 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid —
Schedule
COD —
Cancelled Aug 2020 ◆

Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark

Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026).

Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers

Installation not started
Installation · on record
StageCancelled
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated

Sources & verification

Rests on 6 sources · ◆ 3 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Trade press5
[2]
Renewables Now2024◆ Brazil's Ibama denies prelim licence for…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperator
[3]
GEM2026
supportsTotal capacityCoordinates
[4]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[5]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[6]
eixos (epbr)2020-08-18◆ Ibama nega licença prévia para eólica of…
Copyrighted source — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCancelled
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ Brazil's Ibama denies prelim licence for…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsConsentTotal capacityWater depthCoordinates