Análise ambiental da produção da energia eólica no nordeste brasileiro.

Abstract

In recent years there was an increase in the number of wind farms in Brazil and worldwide.The growing presence of this source in the Brazilian energy matrix contributes both to diversification and to the "cleaning" itself. The first wind turbine was installed in Brazil in 1992, in Fernando de Noronha archipelago, since then the number of wind farms in the country has only increased. The Brazil Northeast is the region that has the largest number of wind farms in the deployment and operation phases, so its location is considered favorable for the wind use to produce electricity. Even presenting favorable environmentally features, the wind farms installation and operation produce environmental impacts which must be identified, assessed, mitigated and monitored. This paper consists of a literature review, where methodologically the researches were conducted in scientific and technical paper about wind energy and environmental impacts, in order to characterize the production and use of wind energy in Brazil, as well as analyze its environmental impacts.