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Equinor plans to install 4 GW of offshore wind energy in Rio and Espírito Santo in Brazil

According to the project, the wind power plants will be installed about 20 km from the coast, at depths of between 15 and 35 meters. There will be a total of 320 wind turbines, 160 per wind farm, each with a nominal capacity of 12 MW. Each wind farm will have an offshore substation for … Continue reading Equinor plans to install 4 GW of offshore wind energy in Rio and Espírito Santo in Brazil

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Equinor licenses 4 GW offshore wind farms in Rio and Espírito Santo

Equinor started the Ibama license for the Aracatu I and Aracatu II offshore wind farms, with 4 GW, with 2 GW in each and the possibility of expansion to 2.33 GW. The plan is to install the wind turbines of the first wind farm on the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the second, between … Continue reading Equinor licenses 4 GW offshore wind farms in Rio and Espírito Santo

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Brazil’s Rio to launch electric car sharing service

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second largest city, plans to launch an electric-vehicle sharing service with input from Chinese automaker BYD. BYD is one of five firms that together make up PPP Radar, the consortium that has won the bid to develop the program, according to O Estado de Sao Paulo daily. BYD, together with DirijaJa, … Continue reading Brazil’s Rio to launch electric car sharing service

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First Zero-Emissions All-Electric Bus Launches in Rio de Janeiro

Fetranspor and Rio Bus, the public transportation companies for the state and city of Rio, and BYD, a Chinese company with leading technologies on batteries and electric vehicles, joined together at the opening ceremonies for the launch of the BYD 100% electric bus this week. This is the first pure-electric bus to launch in Rio … Continue reading First Zero-Emissions All-Electric Bus Launches in Rio de Janeiro

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