Scenarios for the future Brazilian power sector based on a multi criteria assessment

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Santos, MJ (Author) Other; Ferreira, P (Author) Other; Araujo, M (Author) Other; Portugal Pereira, J (Author) Other; Lucena, AFP (Author) Other; Schaeffer, R (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Cleaner Production

Vol. 167

Pages: 938-950

ISSN: 0959-6526

Publisher: Elsevier

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-4GP

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.145

Abstract (EN): The Brazilian power generation sector faces a paradigm change driven by, on one hand, a shift from a hydropower dominated mix and, on the other hand, international goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of this work is to evaluate five scenarios for the Brazilian power sector until 2050 using a multi-criteria decision analysis tool. These scenarios include a baseline trend and low carbon policy scenarios based on carbon taxes and carbon emission limits. To support the applied methodology, a questionnaire was elaborated to integrate the perceptions of experts on the scenario evaluation process. Considering the results from multi-criteria analysis, scenario preference followed the order of increasing share of renewables in the power sector. The preferable option for the future Brazilian power sector is a scenario where wind and biomass have a major contribution. The robustness of the multi-criteria tool applied in this study was tested by a sensitivity analysis. This analysis demonstrated that, regardless of the respondents' preferences and backgrounds, scenarios with higher shares of fossil fuel sources are the least preferable option, while scenarios with major contributions from wind and biomass are the preferable option to supply electricity in Brazil through 2050.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13