Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
Arnoldo Santos de Lima
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl
The paper analyzes the effectiveness of the Brazilian biodiesel governance using the Gaucho Poles as a study case in Rio
Grande do Sul State, one of the largest Brazil’s production areas. Interviews were made with social actors including
farmers, rural unions, cooperatives, associations, research agencies, government representatives, and industries. Secondary
data were also included from papers, federal government secretaries and biodiesel industries propaganda. All collected data
were processed in Atlas.ti software and generated codes according to the theoretical literature explored. Besides the coding
process this paper suggests a toll to organize, analyze and summarize the drivers of performance of energy resource governance
mechanisms. The results showed a regular governance performance with low social actor’s participation, a coordination lack
with other public policies and a weak technical and socio-institutional innovative experience. From the initial cooperation,
the competition amongst biodiesel industries, cooperatives and cereal industries became fierce. The feasibility for the biodiesel
industries activities is maintained by the official subsidies and the parallel exploration of the protein-meal and vegetable oil
market. The subsequent increasing of the agricultural activities raises questions linked to land use change over the remaining
natural prairies and traditional livestock areas over the state brings uncertainties about the sector sustainability. The process
reinforced a soybean crops path dependency and strengthened an oriented economic development conception.
Arnoldo Santos de Lima completed a degree in Geography from the University of Brasilia - UnB. He is a Master and PhD student in Sustainable Development, Public
Policies and Environmental Management, at Center for Sustainable Development (CSD/UnB). His research specialties are rural and local development, governance
on energy. He received a fellowship from Capes - Higher Education Personnel Training Coordination.