The Commercialization of Solar Energy as a Means for Rural Development

Corsair, H. J.; Ley, Debora

doi:10.1109/energy.2008.4781056

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“…In the same way, PV systems have been used in health centers, widening the access to medication and health services, which have also proved useful during extreme weather events. Productive and communal applications have enabled the improvement of livelihoods by creating new economic opportunities, such as opening businesses including stores, carpentry workshops (Corsair and Ley, 2008; Foster et al , 2006) and creating new social settings in which neighbors gather and strengthen trust bonds that then help increase their resilience to extreme weather events (Ley, 2006) by being better organized and unified in case of natural disasters and emergencies. This also brings out the important point that human and institutional actors are key to the success of any renewable energy project, as the motivation of human actors in implementing a project is an important project success driver (Ley and Corsair, 2008).…”

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Solar smart grid as a path to economic inclusion and adaptation to climate change in the Brazilian Semiarid Northeast

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Pereira

Lacerda

et al. 2019

IJCCSM

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Purpose This study aims to exploit the abundance of solar energy resources for socioeconomic development in the semi -arid Northeastern Brazil as a potent adaptation tool to global climate change. It points out a set of conjuncture factors that allow us to foresee a new paradigm of sustainable development for the region by transforming the sun’s radiant energy into electricity through distributed photovoltaic generation. The new paradigm, as presented in this essay, has the transformative potential to free the region from past regional development dogma, which was dependent on the scarce water resource, and the marginal and predatory use of its Caatinga Biome. Design/methodology/approach The research uses a pre ante design, following the procedures of scenario building, as an adaptation mechanism to climate change in the sector of energy generation and socioeconomic inclusion. Findings The scenarios of socioeconomic resilience to climate change based on the abundance of solar radiation, rather than the scarcity of water, demonstrates its potential as a global adaptation paradigm to climate change. Research limitations/implications The developments proposed are dependent on federal legislation changes, allowing the small producer to be remunerated by the energy produced. Practical implications The proposed smart grid photovoltaic generation program increases the country's resiliency to the effect of droughts and climate change. Social implications As proposed, the program allows for the reversion of a pattern of long term poverty in semi-arid Northeast Brazil. Originality/value The exploitation of the characteristics of abundance of the semiarid climate, i.e. its very condition of semi-aridity with abundant solar radiation, is itself an advantage factor toward adaption to unforeseen drought events. Extensive previous research has focused on weighting and monitoring drought i.e. the paradigm of scarcity. The interplay between exploiting Northeast Brazil’s abundant factors and climate change adaptation, especially at the small farmer levels constitutes a discovery never before contemplated.

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