BRAZIL

PART II — THE SOFTWARE AND ITS USE

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
2Departamento 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 functionalities of the SIGA SOL 1.0 — Geographic Information System Applied to Solar Energy. The prototype of the GIS tool is made up of three principal blocks: management of installed renewable systems, planning of inclusion of new renewable systems and updating of the data bank. The SIGA SOL 1.0 has a total of 80 layers of information that permit the realization of spatial analyses on management and planning of renewable sources of energy at a macro-spatial level (state) and local (municipality). The system was developed particularly for PV systems as a possible support tool for management and planning of the Program of Energy Development for the States and Municipalities (PRODEEM), a program for inclusion of photovoltaic solar energy on large scale, in the rural medium, conducted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil.

Keywords: GIS, Planning and Management, Photovoltaic solar energy, Functionalities, PRODEEM

1. Introduction

The GIS is a valuable tool for assesment and development of the use of renewable energy resources in extensive regions because it is a tool that is especially adequate for analyzing the spatial variabilities of the resource, as also for resolving problems of management and planning of programs for installation of decentralized systems, that are characterized by a large spatial dispersion. It can be seen as a support system for decisions that integrate spatially referenced data in an ambient of answers to problems. A GIS groups, unifies and integrates information, thus making such information available in a more accessible manner, and it puts old information in a new context. In this project, the GIS is used as tool that permits the integration and processing of information coming from diverse sources. From this it is possible to use it in the elaboration of strategies for implanting and management of the rural electrification programs with renewable sources of energy.