Review of the photovoltaic energy program in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Diniz, Antônia Sônia Alves Cardoso; Neto, L.V.B. Machado; Camara, C.F.; Morais, Paulo Rogério; Cabral, Claudia Valeria Tavora; Filho, Delly Oliveira; Ravinetti, Regina F.; Franca, E.D.; Cassini, Denio Alves; Souza, Marcio E. M. de; Santos, José H.; Amorim, Mara

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.03.003

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“…In India, government agencies often provide both subsidies and loans for solar home systems . In Brazil, the government provides subsidies for utilities to install solar home systems and then charges households a tariff, similar to the tariff that a grid‐connected user might pay …”

Section: Challenges Of Implementation: Variations According To Scalementioning

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Electrification and rural development: issues of scale in distributed generation

Baldwin

Brass

Carley

et al. 2014

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Despite the importance of electrification for economic and social development, over one billion people globally lack access to electricity, primarily in rural areas of developing countries. Alongside the traditional means of expanding access, large-scale grid electrification, there exists another option for rural electrification: small-scale and localized distributed generation (DG), often powered by renewable energy sources. DG systems can be grid-connected or off-grid and can range in scale from less than 10 W solar lanterns at the small end to 60 MW biomass generation. Although DG has enabled some level of access to electricity for millions of people, little or no research has analyzed how the scale or level of access to electricity has shaped the ways that programs are financed or are viewed by governments, or the developmental impacts that various levels have on end-users. This article reviews the literature on DG in developing countries and finds that large-scale DG systems require a different set of approaches to finance, end-user training, and public policy support than do small-scale DG systems. Our review also reveals that even the smallest scale DG systems improve users' quality of life, yet access to electricity alone is not sufficient to achieve desired economic and social development goals. Policy makers, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other actors engaged in rural development must both (1) make decisions considering the scale of DG programs, and (2) reflect on end-users' needs and productive uses for electricity if rural electrification projects are to result in long-term development benefits.

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Section: Challenges Of Implementation: Variations According To Scalementioning

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Electrification and rural development: issues of scale in distributed generation

Baldwin

Brass

Carley

et al. 2014

WIREs Energy & Environment

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“…• a eletrificação de áreas rurais trouxe benefícios imediatos às famílias, com mudança no perfil do consumo e redução da pobreza energética, favorecendo brasileiros de baixa e baixíssima renda (OBERMAIER et al, 2012;PEREIRA et al, 2010;DINIZ et al, 2011;VALER et al, 2014);…”

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Energia em tempo de descarbonização: uma revisão com foco em consumidores fotovoltaicos

Nunes-Villela

Rapozo

Domingos

et al. 2017

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient. (Online)

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“…Institutional barriers to renewable power penetration include statutory-regulatory frameworks and "norms, values, cognitive frameworks, and regulations" [4] (p. 151). The technical-institutional paradigm change in the traditional power sector is considered important because renewable energy technologies demand structural, social, organizational, and economic changes [5][6][7][8]. Observers have reported "strong resistance to change firm behavior regarding penetration in the electricity sector" [9] (p. 12236) and have claimed that "pre-existing infrastructure, both physical and institutional," impedes adoption of new power generation technologies [10] (p. 1499).…”

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How Do Stakeholders Perceive Barriers to Large-Scale Wind Power Diffusion? A Q-Method Case Study from Ceará State, Brazil

Frate

Brannstrom

2019

Energies

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High penetration of renewable power requires technical, organizational, and political changes. We use Q-method, a qualitative–quantitative technique, to identify and analyze views held by key actors on challenges for large-scale diffusion of wind power in Ceará State, Brazil, an early leader in wind power with 2.05 GW installed capacity. Four quantitatively determined social perspectives were identified with regard to views on challenges for wind power expansion: (1) failing because of the grid; (2) environmental challenges; (3) planning for wind, and (4) participating in wind. Each social perspective emphasizes a different array of barriers, such as cost of new transmission lines, transformation of a hydro-thermal mental model, predictive capacity for wind energy, and the need for participatory forum. Understanding the subjective views of stakeholders is a key first step in eventually reducing these barriers to renewable power penetration through diverse policy interventions.

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Review of the photovoltaic energy program in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cited by 26 publications

References 4 publications

Electrification and rural development: issues of scale in distributed generation

Electrification and rural development: issues of scale in distributed generation

Energia em tempo de descarbonização: uma revisão com foco em consumidores fotovoltaicos

How Do Stakeholders Perceive Barriers to Large-Scale Wind Power Diffusion? A Q-Method Case Study from Ceará State, Brazil

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