@Article{MartinsPerSilAbrCol:2008:ReAs,
               author = "Martins, Fernando Ramos and Pereira, Enio Bueno and Silva, Shela 
                         de Ara{\'u}jo Bandeira e and Abreu, S. L. and Colle, Sergio",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE/CPTEC)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE/CPTEC)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais(INPE/CPTEC)} and 
                         {Centro Federal de Educa{\c{c}}{\~a}o Tecnol{\'o}gica de Santa 
                         Cantarina - CEFET- SC} and Solar Energy Laboratory, University of 
                         Santa Catarina - Labsolar- UFSC",
                title = "Solar Energy scenarios in Brazil, part one: resource assessment",
              journal = "Energy Policy",
                 year = "2008",
               volume = "36",
               number = "8",
                pages = "2843--2854",
                month = "apr.",
             keywords = "solar resource maps, Brazil, Swera.",
             abstract = "The Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) project was 
                         an international project financed by GEF/UNEP, which aimed at 
                         providing a consistent and accessible database to foster the 
                         insertion of renewable energies on the energy matrix of developing 
                         countries. This paper presents the solar energy resource 
                         assessment generated during the SWERA project by using the 
                         radiative transfer model BRASIL-SR fed with satellite and climate 
                         data. The solar irradiation estimates were validated by comparing 
                         with the ground data acquired in several sites spread out the 
                         Brazilian territory. Maps on 1010 km2 spatial resolution were 
                         generated for global, diffuse and direct normal solar irradiation. 
                         Solar irradiation on a plane tilted by an angle equal to the local 
                         latitude was also generated at the same spatial resolution. 
                         Besides the solar resource maps, the annual and seasonal 
                         variability of solar energy resource was evaluated and discussed. 
                         By analyzing the Brazilian solar resource and variability maps, 
                         the great potential available for solar energy applications in 
                         Brazil is apparent, even in the semitemperate climate in the 
                         southern region where the annual mean of solar irradiation is 
                         comparable to that estimated for the equatorial Amazonian 
                         region.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.014",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.014",
                 issn = "0301-4215",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "EnergyPolicy_36_8_SolarResourceAssessment.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}