A GIS-based decision support tool for renewable energy management and planning in semi-arid rural environments of northeast of Brazil

C. Tiba, A.L.B. Candeias, N. Fraidenraich, E.M. de S. Barbosa, P.B. de Carvalho Neto and J.B. de Melo Filho

Renewable Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 12, 2921-2932

Abstract: This work describes the development of a management and planning system on a GIS (Geographic Information System) platform destined to decision makers that is, administrators, planners or consultants in renewable energies. It was conceived to deal with the management and planning of solar systems, biomass and aeolics in rural regions of Brazil. The prototype of the GIS tool covers an area of 183, 500 km2 and is made up of three blocks: management of installed renewable systems, inclusion (planning) of new systems and updating of the data banks. The GISA SOL 1.0 (Geographic Information System Applied to Solar Energy) has a total of 80 layers of information that permit the realization of spatial analyses on management and planning of renewable sources of energy at macro-spatial (state) and local (municipality) levels. A description and the methodology used for its development and a description of the functionalities will be made here. The system was developed mainly for PV systems as a support tool for management and planning of the Energy Development Program for States and Municipalities (PRODEEM), a program for inclusion in large scale of solar photovoltaic energy in the rural environment, conducted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil.

Keywords: GIS; Planning and management; Photovoltaic energy; Rural electrification biomass; Wind energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.05.009

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