Open AccessCapital fluidity, Amazonian cities collapsing notes on the energy and humanitarian crisis in the state of Amapá
Author(s) -
Giancarlo Livman Frabetti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geografares/geografares : revista do mestrado e do departamento de geografia, centro de ciências humanas e naturais, universidade federal do espirito santo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-3709
pISSN - 1518-2002
DOI - 10.7147/geo.v1i31.33457
Subject(s) - blackout , amazonian , state (computer science) , process (computing) , business , order (exchange) , politics , service (business) , energy (signal processing) , economic system , political science , economics , finance , computer science , marketing , ecology , power (physics) , physics , amazon rainforest , electric power system , algorithm , quantum mechanics , law , biology , operating system , statistics , mathematics
This text aims to discuss the foundations of the energy and humanitarian crisis that, in early November 2020, affected the state of Amapá. In order to achieve this goal, we firstly present how the process of Amapá's integration with the National Interconnected System (SIN) took place, and then point out the technical weaknesses that incurred in the interruption of the energy supply in the state. In parallel, we discuss the business structure and financial logic involved in the poor provision of the service offered by the company responsible for the Macapá substation. Finally, we introduce some information about the political causes and consequences of the blackout, raising questions about the privatization process of urban infrastructures whose functioning is essential to life in Amazonian cities.