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Analysis of energy security and sustainability in future low carbon scenarios for B razil
Author(s) -
Lima Fátima,
PortugalPereira Joana,
Lucena André F.P.,
Rochedo Pedro,
Cunha Jorge,
Lopes Nunes Manuel,
Szklo Alexandre Salem
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/1477-8947.12081
Subject(s) - energy security , sustainability , environmental economics , energy supply , life cycle assessment , climate change mitigation , business , energy (signal processing) , environmental security , environmental science , environmental resource management , energy sector , climate change , natural resource economics , renewable energy , production (economics) , economics , engineering , ecology , statistics , mathematics , macroeconomics , political science , law , electrical engineering , biology
This study estimated a series of indicators to assess the energy security of supply and global and local environmental impacts under different mitigation scenarios through 2050 in B razil, designed with the integrated optimization energy system model MESSAGE ‐ BRAZIL . The assessment of interactions between environmental impacts and energy security dimensions was complemented through the application of life cycle assessment ( LCA ) methodology. Overall results imply energy security establishes more synergies than trade‐offs in increasingly stringent mitigation scenarios, especially patent within the sustainability dimension, which increases energy security and provides additional benefits regarding climate change mitigation and air pollution emissions. It is still necessary to extend analysis to other energy sectors in addition to the power supply sector and to promote a better understanding of repercussions of energy scenario expansion in energy security.