Offshore wind farms in Brazil and the potential social impacts: application of SWOT Analysis

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https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v53iEspecial.42667

Abstract

With the steady increase in investments in the electricity sector, international initiatives have emerged for the introduction of wind turbines in offshore environments. In Brazil, three distinct initiatives have been articulated for the construction of marine wind farms. It is estimated that different social impacts will arise involving coastal populations making use of nearby ocean and maritime resources. The objective of the research was to analyze, in a participatory manner, the introduction of an offshore wind farm project in coastal waters of the west coast of Ceará, Brazil. It was used the elaboration of SWOT Analysis with the fishermen of the communities near the project, as a tool for the local participative diagnosis. 36 Strengths, 27 Weaknesses, 20 Opportunities and 13 Threats were indicated. It was possible to understand that ensuring social inclusion promotes considerable gains. Effective public engagement should follow methods that
allow the relevant information to be transparent to residents, promoting fluid and didactic discussions and decision-making in a participatory manner, ensuring dialogue between entrepreneurs, the state and affected communities.


Keywords: offshore wind farm, SWOT Analysis, social impact assessment, public participation.

Author Biographies

Adryane Gorayeb Nogueira Caetano, Federal University of Ceará

I'm Associate Professor of the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil), Coordinator of the Laboratory of Geoprocessing, Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Geography, member of the University Council, guides Master's and Ph.D., there is almost an analysis on the themes of integrated river basin management, collaborative mapping, social cartography and socio-environmental impacts of wind energy. In 2016, I concluded my sabbatical  in Geography in Texas A & M / USA University in the subject of Renewable Energies with a grant from CNPq (Ministry of Science of Brazil) and, currently, coordinates two international projects with researchers from that university: Impacts of Wind Energy on Northeastern Coast: Perspectives for the construction of an integrated vision of clean energy production in Brazil (CAPES / PVE). I published papersin national and international scientific journals, guides undergraduate and postgraduate studies, and participated of research and extension projects in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, based on financing of projects approved in Universal, CNPq 2016 (UFPA / UFC / Texas A & M Univeristy), whose objective is an evaluation of the periods of drought without semiarid and in the Eastern Amazon, considering an influence on aquatic ecosystems, as landscapes and as community (UFC / UFCA / UERN / Texas A & M University), whose approved project analyzes a deployment of wind farms in the Northeast of Brazil from a perspective of the sustainability of renewable energy generation.

Christian Brannstrom, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University: College Station, TX, US

Possui graduação em International Relations - University Of California Davis (1990), mestrado em Geography - University of Wisconsin - Madison (1992) e doutorado em Geography - University of Wisconsin - Madison (1998). Atualmente é Professor - Texas A&M University System. Tem experiência na área de Geografia, com ênfase em Geografia da Energia e Geografia Historica.

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2021-01-19

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Vol. 53 No. 2 Especial (2020): Arquivos de Ciências do Mar

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