ENERGY TRANSITION AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BRAZIL

Abstract

To understand the use of biomass as a source of energy in Brazil it is important to know about the challenges and the public energy policies that engender the theme. Brazil has one of the most sustainable energy matrixes of the world. This accomplishment was the resulting efforts toward the intensification of the use of renewable sources every decade. The objective of this paper is to give an overview of the programs and projects related to the energy transition and renewable energy in Brazil. The paper will present those programs and the main axes of it. To understand these energy policies since 2000’s and the results achieved is important to know the challenges that the policy maker face nowadays in a world which climate changes agenda is the one of the points to be considered.