Institutional and Legal Framework of the Brazilian Energy Market: Biomass as a Sustainable Alternative for Brazilian Agribusiness

Marcia Carla Pereira Ribeiro, Caroline Paglia Nadal, Weimar Freire da Rocha Junior, Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso and Cleber Antonio Lindino
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Marcia Carla Pereira Ribeiro: Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba 80215-901, Paraná, Brazil
Caroline Paglia Nadal: Department of Private Law, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80020-300, Paraná, Brazil
Weimar Freire da Rocha Junior: Regional Development and Agribusiness, State University of Western Paraná, Toledo 85900-001, Paraná, Brazil
Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso: Business Management Department, University of Évora, 7000-645 Évora, Portugal
Cleber Antonio Lindino: Environmental Science, State University of Western Paraná, Toledo 85900-001, Paraná, Brazil

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-10

Abstract: The present article discusses the institutional model adopted in Brazil regarding energy production through biomass. The utilization of renewable energy and clean sources of energy is a characteristic of Brazil’s energy matrix. Recently, the production of energy through biogas—and biomass in general—started to gain force. The concessionaires of energy, as well, started to discipline its utilization and selling, creating an impediment to the commercialization of energy produced by micro or mini generation outside the free energy market, as well as a prohibition of binding the contracts to the value of electric energy. Even though, it is possible to create a network of contracts that interconnect the producers and the consumers. In this line, the theoretical-empirical method was used to conclude that the model’s difficulties—and specially the legal limitations—can be overcome by adopting a network of contracts capable of subjecting renewable energy generation to an energy compensation model.

Keywords: biogas; Brazilian agribusiness; business model; energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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