Análise por meio de micro indicadores do zoneamento ecológico-econômico mineiro para instalação de energia eólica em Minas Gerais

Abstract

This study presents an analysis that aims to suggest the most suitable area for the implementation of wind projects in Minas Gerais, taking into account not only the wind generation potential, but also how much a given region tends to be socioeconomically favored by the installation of such a project. It involves an analysis using the micro socioeconomic indicators of the Ecological-Economic Zoning of the State of Minas Gerais – ZEE [1]. The starting point is the Minas Gerais Wind Atlas which, based on the mapping of the state's wind potential, points out the four best promising areas for development of projects in the State, according to a context of technical feasibility. These four represented areas are named after their hub cities. According to the ZEE, the starting point of social potential of municipalities and regions must be identified through the categorization of municipalities; To this end, the comparison between data from the municipality and data from 853 municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais was taken as a reference. This way you can place it within a range that varies between a minimum and maximum number of five points, symbolically represented by the first five letters of our alphabet. Points corresponding to each category were awarded. As a result of the scoring, letters were plotted for each indicator, for each conditioning factor and for each component of social potential, using the “ArcGIS” program. According to the values obtained, it was observed that area 1 presents the worst socioeconomic development among the areas with the best technical feasibility identified by the Minas Gerais Wind Atlas. Therefore, in the context of public policy decision-making, this study indicates that this is the most suitable area for the implementation of wind farms in the State.