Potencial para combinação das fontes eólica e solar na geração elétrica no Brasil

Abstract

The challenge of generating sustainable and abundant energy to ensure the present and future development and prosperity of people is pursued by many countries in the world. The new renewable energies are key factors for the transition from the current world energy and electrical matrices, based on fossil fuels, to new and diversified matrices based on sources with lower environmental impacts. In this context, wind and solar photovoltaic energy have significantly stood out in recent years in terms of investments, research and expansion of installed capacity worldwide. In Brazil, there is also a need for expansion and diversification of the national energy and electrical matrices for security of supply and maintenance of clean matrices. The objective of this work is to show the panorama of wind and solar photovoltaic energy in Brazil and demonstrate its latent strategic potential of combined centralized generation of electricity. The methodology used is the crossing of data and the respective analysis of official studies, surveys and thematic maps and the presentation of two pilot projects of hybrid parks: one by EGP (with 80.0 MW wind and 11.0 MWp solar) and another from Renova Energia (with 21.6 MW from wind and 4.8 MWp from solar). Preliminary results indicate great potential for the implementation of a future hybrid centralized generation, combining wind and photovoltaic solar energy sources in several regions of Brazil, especially the Northeast Region.