Segurança energética, diversificação estratégica e energias renováveis: um estudo comparado entre Brasil e Japão

Abstract

The present monography proposes to analyze the role played by the renewable energy sources in the Brazilian and Japanese energy security strategic plans, and for this purpose are used some general conceptions of energy security notion itself. The analysis proposed starts from a brief history of the notion of energy security which points towards the formation of conceptualization that is not adequate to the current context. Considering that the concept of energy security follows the nations’ realities development, the concerns with the supply of crude oil as a main source of energy, is no longer compatible with the current energy scenario. For this reason, this research follows the arguments of authors that propose the formation of a concept more complete, able to encompass all the dimensions of the topic. In this context, we offer to explore the environmental dimension (one of the dimensions mentioned) through the topic of renewable energies. Thus, the cases of Brazil and Japan are used not only to understand how the national policies of energy security are constructed, and how it varies from reality to reality by comparing these two countries, but also the role played specifically by the renewable energies and how they can be used aiming different objectives even if inside the same energetic strategy.