Diversifying the Brazilian electricity mix: Income level, the endowment effect, and governance capacity

Kileber, Solange; Parente, Virgínia

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.109

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“…However, due to its developing condition, these characteristics expose it to the resource curse phenomenon (Costantini and Monni, 2008 a. and b.;Auty, 2001). Such dynamics may present themselves specifically in the scenario of the energetic sector (Kileber and Parente, 2015). However, regardless of its high hydroelectric potential, Brazil appears to have broken free of the energetic trap, despite the fact that the process of diversification does not follow the energy ladder ** criteria (Burke, 2012).…”

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“…As a consequence, political tools proposed by the current government are aimed at reducing public spending and stimulating growth, in line with the Latin American switch from heterodox economic policies to neoliberal interventions for a steady recovery (Wylde, 2016). Therefore, in order for economic growth to occur, energy production and its material applications (such as electrification) is of pivotal importance, even in spite of the threat this poses to territory and population (Kileber and Parente, 2015). Section two will outline the effect of the endowment of resources on the Brazilian energy strategy and highlight the role of Legal Amazon in the national energy strategy, taking into consideration the matter of misallocation of benefits from resource exploitation (Fearnside, 2016).…”

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The Brazilian Amazon: a resource curse or renewed colonialism?

Iorio¹,

Monni²,

Brollo³

2018

JESI

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The aim of this paper is to highlight the effect of the endowment of resources on development through the analysis of the impact of national strategy, both at a regional and local level. The research focuses on the Legal Amazon † , through the georeferenced analysis of socio-economic data from the last three censuses (1991, 2000 and 2010), in order to demonstrate how the Brazilian national energy strategy is contributing to the perpetuation of the phenomenon of the endowment trap ‡ at a regional level. Despite boosting the national growth, the concentration of sector-based projects in resource-abundant areas is unable to eradicate inequalities, which in turn perpetuates the path dependence § .

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The Brazilian Amazon: a resource curse or renewed colonialism?

Iorio¹,

Monni²,

Brollo³

2018

JESI

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“…The documents framed in this cluster focused on the study of the consequences that the deployment of RES have on the development of economies and societies in a sustainable manner [74,82,88,110,112,115, and the trade-off that this development entails in relation to the use of fossil fuels [65,122,139,140]. Their scope was frequently developing countries as well as emerging countries [72,74,76,79,82,88,94,107,109,[118][119][120]122,[129][130][131][132][133][134]141], such as India or Brazil, so that, in principle, they contemplated a different reality to that of the EU. Notwithstanding, there were remarkable connections between the terms "sustainable development" and "economic and social effects", with the term "Europe" in cluster #3.…”

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Econometric Studies on the Development of Renewable Energy Sources to Support the European Union 2020–2030 Climate and Energy Framework: A Critical Appraisal

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One of the key objectives of the European Union is the transition to a total decarbonization of the economy by 2050. Within this strategic framework, the renewable energy development target plays a key role. This renewable energy deployment must be translated into national and European Union realities through specific political decisions. The econometric analysis techniques have the capacity to represent, in a mathematical and objective way, the system of relations comprising the economic, technical, and political factors that contribute to the deployment of renewable energy, and the impact that such an investment in renewable energy has at an economic, environmental, and social level. Therefore, econometric studies have a high potential to support policymakers who have to translate the guidelines of the strategic plan for renewable energy deployment into concrete policies. This article analyzed the capacity of the econometric literature on renewable energy development to provide this support, by means of a bibliometric study carried out on a sample of 153 documents related to 1329 keywords. The results show that, in general, there is a large literature based on econometric methodology to support the different renewable energy guidelines provided by the European Union 2020–2030 climate and energy strategic framework.

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“…The Brazilian matrix differs slightly from this profile, given that 43% of the energy consumed in the country in 2017 originated from renewable sources. This behavior is strongly influenced by the domestic electricity supply, whose share of renewables was led by hydroelectric power plants, contributing with 65% of the generated total [3]. This model is, however, threatened in extreme situations, such as those recorded between 2012 and 2015, when effects as changes in rainfall regimes, associated with increases in demand (which was not fully supplied by hydropower), exposed Brazil to successive energy crises [4].…”

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Effect of the Implementation of Carbon Capture Systems on the Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance of the Brazilian Electricity Matrix

Moore

Kulay

2019

Energies

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This study examined the effect of Carbon Capture and Storage units on the environmental, energy and economic performance of the Brazilian electric grid. Four scenarios were established considering the coupling of Calcium Looping (CaL) processes to capture CO2 emitted from thermoelectric using coal and natural gas: S1: the current condition of the Brazilian grid; S2 and S3: Brazilian grid with CaL applied individually to coal (TEC) and gas (TGN) operated thermoelectric; and S4: CaL is simultaneously coupled to both sources. Global warming potential (GWP) expressed the environmental dimension, Primary Energy Demand (PED) was the energy indicator and Levelised Cost of Energy described the economic range. Attributional Life Cycle Assessment for generation of 1.0 MWh was applied in the analysis. None of the scenarios accumulated the best indexes in all dimensions. Regarding GWP, S4 totals the positive effects of using CaL to reduce CO2 from TEC and TGN, but the CH4 emissions increased due to its energy requirements. As for PED, S1 and S2 are similar and presented higher performances than S3 and S4. The price of natural gas compromises the use of CaL in TGN. A combined verification of the three analysis dimensions, proved that S2 was the best option of the series due to the homogeneity of its indices. The installation of CaL in TECs and TGNs was effective to capture and store CO2 emissions, but the costs of this system should be reduced and its energy efficiency still needs to be improved.

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Diversifying the Brazilian electricity mix: Income level, the endowment effect, and governance capacity

Cited by 12 publications

References 41 publications

The Brazilian Amazon: a resource curse or renewed colonialism?

The Brazilian Amazon: a resource curse or renewed colonialism?

Econometric Studies on the Development of Renewable Energy Sources to Support the European Union 2020–2030 Climate and Energy Framework: A Critical Appraisal

Effect of the Implementation of Carbon Capture Systems on the Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance of the Brazilian Electricity Matrix

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