THE EXPANSION OF SOLAR ENERGY IN BRAZIL: An analysis of the regulatory policy of the electric sector and its effects on environmental programs within the state of RN
Cities. Solar energy. Regulatory Policies.
Environmental sustainability is a worldwide concern in the face of the notion that the planet's resources are exhausting and today's societies are increasingly in need of the means to meet their demands. Within this framework, the search for new sources of renewable energies is a primacy that must be observed as an instrument of adaptation to ongoing climate change, aiming both at mitigating the negative environmental effects of fossil fuels, generators of greenhouse gases (GHG) , and in the search for supply models that provide energy security. In this scenario, the production of solar energy stands out within the National Energy Policy, both as an alternative of low environmental impact, and as a strategy of the electric sector to increase the national energy matrix, as a consequence of investments in voltaic technologies, which culminated in a and consequently in a growing acceptance of the consumer market, promoting a transformation in the roofs and land of the residential, as well as of public and private institutions, with the installations of solar panels for generation of electric energy, fomented by diverse incentives, which appear as attractive, through fiscal and economic stimuli. From this reality, the present work, through a scientific approach of exploratory nature, seeks to investigate whether the growth of solar energy production was the result of a regulatory policy of the sector, and whether such measures have brought an increase in government environmental programs of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, and consequently to the cities. The methodology that will be applied will include bibliographical and documentary research, as well as interviews in strategic sectors, aiming at characterizing the expansion of solar energy in Brazil, and its applicability in Rio Grande do Norte.