Northeast Of Brazil

Part I — General Description And Methodology

C. Tfba1*, A. L. B. Candeias2, N. Fraidenraich1, E. M. de S. Barbosa1, P. B. de Carvalho Neto3

and J. B. de Melo Filho3

1Departamento de Energia Nuclear da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Av. Prof. Luiz Freire, 1000 — CDU, CEP 50.740-540, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

2

Departamento de Engenharia Cartografica da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Av. Academico Helio Ramos, s/n — CDU, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
3Companhia Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco — DTG — CHESF
Rua Delmiro Gouveia, 333 — Bongi, CEP 50761-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Corresponding Author.tiba@ufpe. br or chigueru. tiba@pa. cnpq. br

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 photovoltaic systems, biomass and aeolics in rural regions of the Northeast of Brazil. The prototype of the GIS tool covers an area of 183, 500 km2 and is made up of three principal blocks: management of installed renewable systems, inclusion (planning) of new renewable systems and updating of the data banks. 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 of large scale solar photovoltaic energy, in the rural environment, conducted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil. Due to the limitation of space, only a general description and the methodology used for its development will be described here. A detailed description of the functionalities of the SIGA SOL 1.0 (Geographic Information System Applied to Solar Energy, in Portuguese) will be presented in Part II of this work.

Keywords: GIS, Planning and Management, Photovoltaic Energy, PRODEEM

1. Introduction