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Energy Security and Green Energy in Brazil: The Discourse of Economic Development

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This chapter examines the interplay between energy security and green energy in the context of Brazil. Based on documents obtained from the Brazilian National Archive, the President of the Republic Archive and the Federal Senate Archive, the chapter traces the way that energy security is construed and given meaning and significance through the articulation and production of many texts, with emphasis on the role the discursive frames surrounding energy security play in constructing or deconstructing green energy initiatives over a period of fifteen years (January 2001–December 2015). It demonstrates that energy security is discursively framed differently in different green energy law and policies within different energy sectors. In particular, this chapter reveals that Brazil is moving in the opposite direction to a low-carbon energy transition.

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    In the power sector, renewable sources account for 80.4% of the domestic supply of electricity in Brazil.

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    Only wind, biomass and small-scale hydro energy sources were included in PROINFA.

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    See, for example, civil lawsuit JFCE/LN-0000396-30.2009.4.05.8101-ACP, filed on 21 September 2009 against the construction of Aracati Eolic Park.

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    See, for example, civil lawsuit JF-RO-0012760-49.2011.4.01.4100-ACP, filed on 27 September 2011 against the construction of small hydropower plants Santa Cruz de Monte Negro, Jamari and Canaã; and civil lawsuit 0000736-29.2015.403.6125, filed on 1 June 2015 by Sao Paulo Federal Public Ministry against the construction of small hydropower plants in Pardo river.

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    This date was later extended to December 2008 by Law 11,075 of 30 December 2004; to December 2010 by Law 11,943 of 28 May 2009; to December 2011 by Law 12,431 of 24 June 2011.

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Rutherford, A. (2020). Energy Security and Green Energy in Brazil: The Discourse of Economic Development. In: Energy Security and Green Energy. International Law and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45555-2_3

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