This work aims to analyse, from the point of view of long-term electrical power sector
planning, the regulatory aspects for the implementation of offshore gas-to-wire (GtW)
technology, focusing on a Brazilian case study and pre-salt fields. The main results show
that in terms of implementation, offshore GtW must be auctioned as a structuring project and
offshore transmission for the GtW power plant could adopt the same model used for Itaipú
transmission or be attached to the Basic Network, GtW also requires a practice of priority …