Socio-environmental impacts of wind farms on the traditional communities of the western coast of Ceará, in the Brazilian Northeast

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Jeovah de Andrade Meireles ◽  
Adryane Gorayeb ◽  
Débora Raquel Freitas da Silva ◽  
Gledson Santos de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Brazilian Northeast ◽  
Traditional Communities

scholarly journals Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Manoel Fortunato Sobrinho Junior ◽  
Maria Carolina Ramirez Hernandez ◽  
Sthenia Santos Albano Amora ◽  
Elis Regina Costa de Morais
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Strong Winds ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Brazilian Northeast

In recent years, wind power in Brazil has emerged as an alternative to diversify the country′s energy mix and minimize the emission of pollutants derived from fossil fuels. The state of Rio Grande do Norte, in the Brazilian Northeast, has considerable potential for the generation of wind energy due to the occurrence of strong winds in many areas along the coast and in the interior of the state, in places with higher altitudes. However, wind energy, despite being considered clean and renewable, can cause environmental impacts in those places. Thus, the present study analyzed the perception of environmental impacts caused by the installation of wind farms in the agricultural areas of Northeast Brazil. The study was carried out in the municipality of Serra do Mel, in the western region of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, based on a survey of local farmers. The study concluded that farmers live without major problems and without apparent conflicts with wind farms but have little knowledge about the environmental impacts. In the perception of most farmers, there are few negative environmental impacts, and those that exist are barely noticed or still do not cause damage to most farmers in the region.

scholarly journals Parques Eólicos e Transformações Espaciais: uma Análise dos Impactos Socioambientais na Região de Sento Sé/BA (Parks Wind and Spatial Transformations: an Analysis of Environmental Impacts in the Region of Sento Sé/BA )

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1243
Author(s):  
Clecia Simone Gonçalves Rosa Pacheco ◽  
Reinaldo Pacheco dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Energy Matrix ◽  
Spatial Transformations ◽  
Social And Environmental Impacts

O presente artigo objetiva discutir e apresentar os resultados das análises feitas sobre a implantação de parques eólicos na região de Sento Sé/BA, seus impactos positivos para a matriz energética brasileira, a relevância do licenciamento ambiental visando evitar os impactos socioambientais negativos e as medidas de mitigação para combater tais impactos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa e de caráter exploratório, e, para delineamento da mesma, utilizou-se de pesquisa bibliográfica para fundamentação teórica. No que diz respeito à coleta de dados, este se deu por meio das técnicas de observação in loco, e análise de discurso da população local. Mediante o que foi pesquisado é possível afirmar que é de fundamental importância a implementação de usinas de energia consideradas limpas e renováveis que possam contribuir para o desenvolvimento sustentável do país, sendo que o Brasil já foi apontado por um estudo do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente como maior mercado mundial de energia renovável. No entanto, é importante enfatizar a necessidade de considerar as peculiaridades locais, principalmente as do Semiárido brasileiro e, efetivar um rigoroso Estudo de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) e seu consequente Relatório de Impacto Ambiental (RIMA) ao invés de Relatório Ambiental Simplificado (RAS). Palavras-chave: Energia eólica, Impactos Ambientais, Transformações Espaciais.  Parks Wind and Spatial Transformations: an Analysis of Environmental Impacts in the Region of Sento Sé/BA  ABSTRACT This article aims to discuss and present the results of analyzes made on the siting of wind farms in the region of Sento Se / BA, its positive impacts on the Brazilian energy matrix, the relevance of environmental licensing in order to avoid the negative social and environmental impacts and measures mitigation to address such impacts. This is a qualitative research and exploratory, and, for the same design was used for the theoretical literature. With regard to data collection, this was through the techniques of on-site observation and discourse analysis of the local population. By what has been researched is possible to affirm that it is of fundamental importance to the implementation of power plants considered clean and renewable that can contribute to sustainable development of the country, while Brazil has already been pointed out by a study of the United Nations Program for Environment as the largest global market for renewable energy. However, it is important to emphasize the need to consider local peculiarities, especially in the Semi and enforce a rigorous Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and subsequent Environmental Impact Report (RIMA) instead of Simplified Environmental Report (RAS).Keywords: Wind Energy, Environmental Impacts, Spatial Transformations. 

scholarly journals Combining Wind and Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Generation in Ireland

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Coburn ◽  
Eilín Walsh ◽  
Patrick J. Solan ◽  
Kevin P. McDonnell
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Wind Potential ◽  
Renewable Energy Generation

Ireland has one of the highest wind energy potentials in Europe. The intermittent nature of wind makes this renewable resource impractical as a sole source of energy. Combining wind energy with pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) can overcome this intermittency, consuming energy during low-demand periods and supplying energy for periods of high demand. Currently Ireland has a number of hydroelectric power plants and wind farms of various scales in operation. A feasibility study was conducted to investigate the potential of securing a reliable source of renewable energy by increasing the penetration of hydroelectric power by means of combined wind-PHES developments. The greatest wind potential is experienced along the western coast of Ireland and a number of sites were identified here which satisfied a minimum mean wind speed criterion of 10.5 ms−1. Each site was then further evaluated according to topographical requirements for PHES. All but two of the identified sites are immediately unsuitable due to the presence of areas protected under European legislation; this highlights the nonenergy related obstacles in the path of renewable energy generation in Ireland and suggests that a compromise should be researched which could facilitate both renewable energy generation and species and habitat protection in Europe.

STUDY AND APPLICATION OF UNDERWATER NOISE IMPACT IN COASTAL REGION OFF WESTERN TAIWAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1440007
Author(s):  
YU-CHEN CHENG ◽  
SHENG-FONG LIN ◽  
YUAN-YING CHANG ◽  
CHI-FANG CHEN ◽  
CHEN-FAR HUNG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impulsive Noise ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Underwater Sound ◽  
Underwater Noise ◽  
Source Modeling ◽  
Noise Impact ◽  
Impact Region

Offshore wind farms are the main project on Taiwan's western coast. Since the underwater noise generated by piling poses a threat to marine mammals, the issue of the detrimental impact of noise on Sousa Chinensis has drawn considerable attention. To avoid behavioral disturbances and injury from pile driving noise, we propose the Underwater Noise Impact Region Alert System (UNIRAS) to estimate the acoustic field at any depth and distance from the piling sources. The system can be illustrated as four components: environment databases, an acoustic propagation model, source modeling and alert region (AR) prediction. Inputs are derived from the Taiwan Coastal Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System (TCONFS), which generates underwater sound speed profiles with temporal and spatial variation, along with geoacoustic and bathymetry databases that are imported as environmental inputs. Adiabatic mode theory is used to simulate the piling noise propagation in shallow water and the impulsive noise emanating from the source is evaluated via the finite element method. With the auditory threshold of cetacean being set as the criterion level, the system can demonstrate the modeling outputs and predict the noise impact region, and these results are useful for planning how to station the guard boats to prevent dolphins from entering the noise impact region.

scholarly journals PRÁTICAS DE RESISTÊNCIA DE TERRA E MAR: PARENTESCO E MODOS DE EXISTIR NA VILA DO ESTEVÃO, CEARÁ, BRASIL / LAND AND SEA RESISTANCE PRACTICES: KINSHIP AND MODES OF EXISTENCE IN VILA DO ESTEVÃO, CEARÁ, BRASIL

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (50) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luísa Nobre
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
New Production ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Territorial Conflicts ◽  
Shrimp Farms ◽  
Modes Of Existence ◽  
Traditional Communities

Os conflitos territoriais de terra e mar e as constantes investidas fundiárias nos territórios costeiros são uma realidade imediata para os povos do mar. Nesse contexto, destacamse projetos privados e políticas públicas para o turismo; para novas fontes energéticas, como as eólicas; e para novos campos produtivos, como a criação de camarão e o prevalecimento das tecnologias industriais de pesca sobre as artesanais. A experiência da Vila do Estevão – uma “comunidade” de pescadores localizada na praia de Canoa Quebrada, município de Aracati, litoral leste do estado do Ceará – apresentada neste artigo busca contribuições para o campo de questões sobre as práticas de resistência das chamadas comunidades tradicionais, sobre a invenção do cotidiano e a construção de respostas locais. O registro dessa experiência versa em torno de dois temas centrais que discutem formas situacionais de práticas e relações nativas: modos locais de fazer parentesco e modos de existir. ABSTRACTLand and sea territorial conflicts and constant speculative approaches on coastal territories are an immediate reality for the ‘sea people’. In this context, private projects and public policies for touristic purposes, as well as projects for alternative energy sources such as wind farms, and for new production fields such as shrimp farms and the prevailing industrial fishing technology over artisanal fisheries have significant importance. The experience of Vila do Estevão – a fishermen’s ‘community’ settled in Canoa Quebrada beach, Aracati, east coast of the Ceará state, Brazil – shown is this article searches for contributions for the questions regarding resistance practices of the so-called traditional communities, the invention of quotidian and the construction of local responses. The records of this experience are developed around two central themes that discuss situational forms of native practices and relations: local ways of kinship and forms of existence.

scholarly journals Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Cumulative Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Farms in the North Sea Basin

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Gusatu ◽  
Stefano Menegon ◽  
Daniel Depellegrin ◽  
Christian Zuidema ◽  
André Faaij ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Farms ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

Abstract The North Sea basin is one of the busiest maritime areas globally with a considerable number of anthropogenic pressures impacting the functioning of the marine ecosystem. Due to growing EU ambitions for the deployment of large-scale offshore wind farms (OWF), as part of the 2050 renewable energy roadmap, there is a key need for a holistic understanding of OWF potential impacts on the marine ecosystem. We propose a holistic Cumulative Effect Assessment methodology, applied using a geo-spatial open-source software, to assess impacts of OWF related pressures on selected seabed habitats, fish, seabird and mammal species. We take into account pressures specific to the three OWF development phases, spanning 1999–2050, for the entire North Sea basin. Our results underline 2022 as the peak year of cumulative impacts for the approved OWFs, followed by a considerable increase in potential impacts of the planned 212GWs, by 2050. The spatio-temporal analysis of the OWF environmental impacts presents the shift between highly impacted areas over the studied timeline and distinguishes between concentrated areas of high impacts (S-E of UK) and dispersed areas of high impacts (Germany). Our results can inform decision-makers and the OWF industry in a joint effort to mitigate the environmental impacts of future large-scale OWF developments.

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