Mapeamento do processo de licenciamento ambiental para parques eólicos em diferentes estados brasileiros

Abstract

With the increasing concern for environmental issues after the oil crisis and the signing of the Quito Protocol, the interest in renewable energy increased and nations began to make policy decisions based on sustainable development. In recent years, the use of wind power has become encouraged by the Brazilian government by conducting energy auctions. With increasing demand and the quality of the winds in Brazil, the wind energy sector aims to reach 22 GW installed power in 2023. Given this sector's growth framework, there was an increase in demand for environmental licenses for projects of renewable energy generation. The licensing process has been pointed as one of the bottlenecks in the industry, along with poor infrastructure and lack of skilled labor. Because we have different legal interpretations in different states, this work aims to map the environmental licensing process in different Brazilian states, creating a simplified model of the basic features of each state mapped in order to facilitate the process and improve the view of investors in the sector renewable energy, the environmental issue in Brazil.