The socio-environmental impacts of alternative energy generating sources in the communities surrounding the wind facilities at Serra da Babilônia and the Força Eólica do Brasil

The implementation of wind farms causes direct and indirect, positive and negative socio-environmental impacts. The objective of this work is to evaluate and discuss these impacts. For this, a bibliographic review was carried out on wind power generation in Brazil and the main environmental impacts...

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Autores: Ottoni da Silva Menezes, Flávia, Duncan Alencar Guimarães, Marcelo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Repositorio:Remea - Revista Eletrônica do Mestrado em Educação Ambiental (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.furg.br:article/12823
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.furg.br/remea/article/view/12823
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wind Energy, Social Environmental Impacts, Environmental Education.
Energía Eólica, Impactos Sociales y Ambientales, Educación Ambiental.
Energia Eólica, Impactos Socioambientais, Educação Ambiental.
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Sumario:The implementation of wind farms causes direct and indirect, positive and negative socio-environmental impacts. The objective of this work is to evaluate and discuss these impacts. For this, a bibliographic review was carried out on wind power generation in Brazil and the main environmental impacts related to this activity. Then, semi-structured interviews were carried out with the social actors affected by these impacts and with the managers of the works located in Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia. Thus, it is concluded that the implementation of wind farms in Brazil is important, as it expands and enriches the country's energy matrix. However, although this renewable energy is considered green and clean, there are positive and negative impacts, which directly interfere with the quality of life of the community, located close to the project.