Driving factors for the installation of mini and micro rural distributed generation systems: economic analysis – a case study in Piauí, Brazil

Authors

  • Osvaldo Augusto Vasconcelos de Oliveira Lopes da Silva Doctor in Development and Environment, Professor, Departamento de Indústria e Produção Cultural, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-5855
  • Fabrício Higo Monturil de Morais Master in Electrical Engineering, Professor, Departamento de Indústria e Produção Cultural, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0366-9389
  • Wilza Gomes Reis Lopes Doctor in Agricultural Engineering, Professor, Departamento de Construção Civil e Arquitetura, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-6831
  • Marcos Antônio Tavares Lira Doctor in Development and Environment, Professor, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-1488

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n2.2023.49414

Keywords:

Farming, Photovoltaic Systems, Countryside areas

Abstract

The agricultural sector has a low representation in the Brazilian energy mix and in terms of distributed generation systems installed in rural areas. However, this sector represents a large portion of the gross domestic product. This work proposes an approach for identifying the driving factors for inserting mini and micro distributed generation systems in the agricultural sector. A methodology was developed based on a territorial approach, using indicators in Piauí to determine the major factors that drive its installation. It is observed that the main driving factor for rural microsystems is the total irrigated area of agricultural establishments. As for mini rural systems, the main driving factor is the average area of agricultural enterprises. In addition, it is reasonable to state that the proposed methodology applies to other states, from a regional and national perspective, as well as to other types of consumers.

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Author Biographies

Osvaldo Augusto Vasconcelos de Oliveira Lopes da Silva, Doctor in Development and Environment, Professor, Departamento de Indústria e Produção Cultural, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Doctor in Development and Environment from the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Master in Development and Environment from the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Specialist in Environmental Management from Faculdade Internacional Signorelli. Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI). Professor at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí (IFPI).

Fabrício Higo Monturil de Morais, Master in Electrical Engineering, Professor, Departamento de Indústria e Produção Cultural, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Master in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Specialist in Environmental Management from the Faculdade Internacional Signorelli. Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI). Professor at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí (IFPI).

Wilza Gomes Reis Lopes, Doctor in Agricultural Engineering, Professor, Departamento de Construção Civil e Arquitetura, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Doctor in Agricultural Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Master in Architecture from Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Specialist in Urbanism from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Graduated in Architecture from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Professor at UFPI.

Marcos Antônio Tavares Lira, Doctor in Development and Environment, Professor, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Doctor in Development and Environment from the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Master in Applied Physical Sciences from Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE). Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFCE). Graduated in Full Degree in Physics from UECE. Professor at UFPI and UECE. Director of the Centro de Tecnologia from UFPI.

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Silva, O. A. V. de O. L. da, Morais, F. H. M. de, Lopes, W. G. R., & Lira, M. A. T. (2023). Driving factors for the installation of mini and micro rural distributed generation systems: economic analysis – a case study in Piauí, Brazil. Sustainability in Debate, 14(2), 134–150. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n2.2023.49414

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): Sustainability in Debate / Sustentabilidade em Debate

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