@Article{NobrePeLaBuHaLe:2019:SoSmGr,
author = "Nobre, Paulo and Pereira, Enio Bueno and Lacerda, Francinete
Francis and Bursztyn, Marcel and Haddad, Eduardo Amaral and Ley,
Debora",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Agronomico
de Pernambuco} and {Universidade de Bras{\'{\i}}lia (UnB)} and
{Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {University of
Oxford}",
title = "Solar smart grid as a path to economic inclusion and adaptation to
climate change in the Brazilian Semiarid Northeast",
journal = "International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and
Management",
year = "2019",
volume = "11",
number = "4",
pages = "499--517",
month = "Aug.",
keywords = "Socioeconomic development, Climate change adaptation, Distributed
photovoltaic generation, Semiarid Northeast Brazil.",
abstract = "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 suns 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 Brazils abundant factors and climate change adaptation,
especially at the small farmer levels constitutes a discovery
never before contemplated.",
doi = "10.1108/IJCCSM-09-2018-0067",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-09-2018-0067",
issn = "1756-8692",
language = "en",
targetfile = "nobre_solar.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "29 mar. 2024"
}