Amazon and the expansion of hydropower in Brazil: Vulnerability, impacts and possibilities for adaptation to global climate change

This article aims to evaluate the use of hydroelectric potential in Brazil and the expansion of the hydroelectric power stations in Amazon, in the northern region of the country, highlighting the vulnerabilities, the impacts and the adaption possibilities of the hydroelectric energy in face to incre...

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Published in:Renewable & sustainable energy reviews 2011-08, Vol.15 (6), p.3165-3177
Main Authors: Soito, João Leonardo da Silva, Freitas, Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amazon
Applied sciences
Barns
Brazil
Climate change
Economics
Electric reform sector
Energy
Energy use
Exact sciences and technology
hydroelectric power
Hydroelectric power stations
Hydropower generation
Hydropower generation Amazon Climate change Electric reform sector Public policy Brazil
Management
Public policy
Reservoirs
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Summary:This article aims to evaluate the use of hydroelectric potential in Brazil and the expansion of the hydroelectric power stations in Amazon, in the northern region of the country, highlighting the vulnerabilities, the impacts and the adaption possibilities of the hydroelectric energy in face to increasing socio-environmental demands and to global climate change in progress. The analysis indicates the nearly exhausted hydroelectric potential in other regions of the country, transforming the Amazon into a new “hydroelectric barn” or “new hydroelectric frontier”. The integrated management of reservoirs and multiple uses of water, the new institutional and regulatory arrangements, the technological and economic opportunities of the sector, and finally, integration with neighboring countries are treated to subsidize a sustainable use of hydroelectric potential in the Amazon.
ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2011.04.006