Fifteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

The goal of this work is to analyze the economic and environmental aspects of natural gas as an energy transition source in Brazil during the last fifteen years. Brazil has gone through changes related to energy issues that range from the creation of public policies, processes of territorial recognition and natural resources, government and private initiatives, energy policies, into the social, environmental, and economic impact that these transitions create. Since 1980, the share of natural gas as a primary energy source in Brazil has increased considerably. In the last twenty years, growth of the natural gas industry in Brazil has been observed. Currently, the production and use of natural gas is one of the essential parts of the Brazilian energy matrix development, since natural gas has been seen in recent years as one of the transition inputs for the so-called renewable energies. This change is also the result of investments in public policies and the performance of state and federal agencies in the development of the Brazilian gas industry.