Title
Trends and Constraints on Brazilian Photovoltaic Industry: Energy Policies, Interconnection Codes, and Equipment Certification
Date Issued
2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Marafao F.P.
Alonso A.M.D.S.
Goncalves F.A.S.
Brandao D.I.
Martins A.C.G.
Universidade Estadual Paulista
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
After years of dormant scenarios, the Brazilian industry of photovoltaic (PV) energy systems is now growing fast. Therefore, improving interconnection and certification codes, as well as standards, has become undeniably important to establish a well-regulated market under concern of businesses, equipment, and power quality matters. Thus, considering international standards and world-recognized scenarios for distributed PV systems, this paper aims to discuss the existing local energy regulations, grid connection codes, and other related limitations that restrain a faster market and technology development in Brazil. Special attention is given to the certification requirements for grid-connected inverters and other PV equipment, along with the new trends in energy policies, focusing on their impacts on Brazilian PV industry. In the end, it demonstrates that despite its current underdeveloped status, the Brazilian scenario is expected to be quite enthusiastic in the following years and may represent an attractive and dynamic market for professionals, companies, and energy investors.
Start page
4017
End page
4027
Volume
54
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046450651
Source
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
ISSN of the container
00939994
Sponsor(s)
Manuscript received October 7, 2017; revised January 26, 2018; accepted March 31, 2018. Date of publication May 3, 2018; date of current version September 17, 2018. Paper 2017-CSC-0945.R1, presented at the 2017 Annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference, Denver, CO, USA, Mar. 29–31, and approved for publication in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS by the Codes and Standards Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This work was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPES) under Grant 2016/08645-9 and Grant 2017/22629-9. (Corresponding author: Fernando Pinhabel Marafão.) F. P. Marafão, A. M. dos Santos Alonso, F. A. S. Gonc¸alves, A. C. G. Martins, and H. K. Morales Paredes are with the Group of Automation and Integrated Systems, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sorocaba 18087-180, Brazil (e-mail:, fernando.marafao@unesp.br; augusto.alonso@unesp.br; flavio.as.goncalves@ unesp.br; antonio.martins@unesp.br; helmo.paredes@unesp.br).
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