Viabilidade do Uso da Energia Solar Fotovoltaica em uma Unidade de Conservação: Estudo de Caso do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba

The Jurubatiba National Park is a Federal Conservation Unit of integral protection located in the
north of the State of Rio de Janeiro belonging to the cities of Macaé, Carapebus and Quissamã.
Nowadays, the Park uses conventional electric power, however this causes environmental impacts on
its production. For this reason, alternative and/or renewable energies have been widely discussed in
the economic sector and in environmental management. Therefore, the general objective was to
analyze the viability of the use of Renewable Energy in the Jurubatiba National Park and especially,
to identify the outlook for the energy sources in Conservation Units (UCs). For this, a
bibliographical survey was carried out and there was an articulation with the managers of the UCs
and a feasibility study of the use of photovoltaic solar energy in the Jurubatiba National Park were
carried out. Therefore the descriptive-exploratory method was used in the dissertation. Thus, the
dissertation is composed of two articles, and the methodology of scientific article 1 can be divided
into two stages, namely: documentary and bibliographical research, and identification through the
contact with the managers of the Units of which energy sources they use. And the methodology of the
scientific article 2 was be similar, it will also be divided into two stages, being: bibliographic and
documentary research, and experimental research. It is noted that for logistical reasons and because
of the Visitors Center, it was decided to work only with the area that belongs to the municipality of
Macaé. It is evaluated that the execution of the project can be very significant and that such proposal
can be replicated in other Conservation Units that have interest in the subject.
Keywords: Renewable energy matrix. Sustainability. Alternative energy.