Sustainable energy and distributed generation scenario in the Brazilian electricity sector

Author

Ricciardi, T.R. ; Salles, D. ; Torquato, R. ; Freitas, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Energy Syst., Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Brazil holds a lead position in renewable energy production and distributed generation. The economic growth of the country in the recent years is pulling up the electricity consumption and accelerating the installed generation capacity in the electric power system. This paper discusses the current scenario of distributed and renewable generation in Brazilian electricity sector as well as the potential for increasing sustainable sources in the future.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power consumption; power generation economics; sustainable development; Brazilian electricity sector; distributed generation; economic growth; electric power system; electricity consumption; generation capacity; renewable energy production; renewable generation; sustainable energy; sustainable sources; Biomass; Distributed power generation; Electric potential; Electricity; Production; Wind power generation; Cogeneration; Dispersed storage and generation; Power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2727-5

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344859

Filename

6344859