Regulatory framework analysis of the solar photovoltaic energy in Brazil: successes and delays of a renewable energy policy

• Autor(a) principal: Cervelli, Matteo
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20976
• topic: Renewable energy; Photovoltaic solar energy; Brazil; Regulatory framework; Policy adequacy; Energia renovável; Energia solar foto voltaica; Brasil; Marco regulatório; Adequação de políticas

The market for photovoltaic solar energy is in a stage of strong growth, worldwide. Such growth is fostered by national and international regulatory frameworks, designed to launch and secure large scale diffusion of the technology. Brazil is considered one of the most promising markets for photovoltaic energy mainly due to favourable conditions for the implementation of this kind of generation. However, the representativeness of solar power in the Brazilian electricity matrix remains lower than expected which opens the door to interesting considerations. The current study investigates the adequacy of the most important energy policies, legislation, regulations, economic, financial and fiscal support schemes In this context, a comprehensive review of the Brazilian regulatory framework for photovoltaic energy was developed. Then some semi structured interviews with photovoltaic professionals were conducted to explore policy adequacy in a deeper way. The study finds that, despite the current regulatory framework having driven significant photovoltaic development in Brazil, urgent improvements are currently needed. To follow a process of modernization of the electricity sector, the recommendation for Brazil is to create a more coherent, stable, open and competitive regulatory framework, both for centralized and distributed photovoltaic generation.