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Wood-fuel biomass from the Madeira River: A sustainable option for electricity production in the Amazon region

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  • Bacellar, Atlas Augusto
  • Rocha, Brígida R.P.

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The universal provision of electricity remains far from achieved in the Brazilian Amazon, given the geographical obstacles, the dispersion of its inhabitants, the indistinctness of appropriate technologies, and the economic obstacles. Governmental action was taken in 2003 with the creation of the Light for All Program (PLpT), with the goal of bringing electricity to all rural consumers by 2010. In addition, the National Electric Power Agency, ANEEL (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica), which is responsible in Brazil for the electrical sector regulation, has issued a determination of compulsory access to electricity by 2015. This study describes research conducted on the Madeira River, in the Brazilian Amazon, where the electric needs of the communities and small towns along the river can be satisfied through the gasification system, using as a renewable feedstock the wood-fuel biomass deposited on the riverbed, derived from natural processes, which the Ministry of Transport is already legally obligated to remove in order to provide safe navigation along the river. The study concludes by comparing the competitiveness of this system to diesel thermoelectric plants, along with its advantages in reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. Our results should help future studies in others areas with similar phenomena.

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  • Bacellar, Atlas Augusto & Rocha, Brígida R.P., 2010. "Wood-fuel biomass from the Madeira River: A sustainable option for electricity production in the Amazon region," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(9), pages 5004-5012, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:9:p:5004-5012
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