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Abstract

POLIZEL, L. H., TAHAN, C. M. V., PELEGRINI, M. A. et al. Proposta de desenvolvimento regional sustentável no semi-árido promovido por agente do setor elétrico. In Proceedings of the 6. Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural, 2006, Campinas (SP, Brazil) [online]. 2006 [cited 28 April 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022006000200035&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

This paper shows a thoroughly analysis of a biodiesel production model tailored to insert in the production chain communities near fossil fuels fired power plants located in the northeast brazilian semi-arid. Such insertion would be conduced by the replacement of diesel by a diesel-biodiesel mixture, the last produced by local families. Among the factors analyzed on this small scale biodiesel production chain are: the castor oil extraction, transesterification process, efficiency and adequacy in power plants. The aim is to turn termal power plants into a sustainable development vector, considering social, economical and environmental aspects such as local employment and income boost, settlement increase on rural áreas, decrease of green house gases emissions, clean energy production and so forth.

Keywords : Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Biodiesel; Óleo Vegetal; Mamona; Agricultura Familiar.