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Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Brazil

In: Energy Transition

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  • Liss Böckler

    (European University Viadrina)

  • Marcio Giannini Pereira

    (CEPEL – Electrical Power Research Center)

Abstract

The federal government promotes consumer (co-)ownership in the form of prosumership of individuals and organizations with micro and mini installations. Since April 2012 the Brazilian consumer has been able to generate electricity from renewable energy sources for self-consumption and feed the surplus into the local distribution network through a net metering system. In 2015 the power limit was scaling up, net metering improved and new collective forms of distributed generation (DG) allowed, bundled in the Programme for the Development of Distributed Generation of Electric Energy. In addition, first socio-ecological pilot projects that link energy access with income-generation for disadvantaged communities are set up and funded by the government. (Co-)ownership of DG facilities can be realized in the form of individual ownership, community projects or the use of any kind of corporate vehicle. As the regulatory scenario has changed recently, DG is currently still in its first stages of development. Despite this, the sector is already displaying considerable dynamism. So far, individual prosumers with micro solar installations—acquired through sales contracts—is the prevailing form of consumer (co-)ownership in Brazil. The shared generation model allows the cooperation of different stakeholders like natural persons or corporate entities in a cooperative or a consortium to prosume energy and reduce the organization’s energy bills regardless of their place of residence. This model is currently used by 64 units with a total capacity of around 14,500 kW. Overall 60 cooperatives active in the RE sector were accounted for in 2017, with 14 rural electrification cooperatives exclusively serving their members.

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  • Liss Böckler & Marcio Giannini Pereira, 2019. "Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Brazil," Springer Books, in: Jens Lowitzsch (ed.), Energy Transition, chapter 23, pages 535-557, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-93518-8_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93518-8_23
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