Energy Planning, Regulation, Analysis and Development: emphasis on oil, natural gas, biofuels and solutions for decarbonization and low-carbon energy transition

• Grant number: 25/02584-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2030
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos
• Grantee: Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (IEE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Carlos Eduardo Keutenedjian Mady ; Célia Regina Montes ; Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari ; Lucy Gomes Sant'Anna ; Paulo Antonio de Almeida Sinisgalli ; Priscila Rosseto Camiloti

Abstract

PRH 33.1 is one of the ANP's eligible programs in its PRH. It seeks to promote research and train human resources at undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral levels in Integrated Analysis and Planning of energy and environmental resources to analyze alternatives for meeting society's energy requirements, promote the efficient use of national resources, and promote the low-carbon energy transition. All the options for supplying and rationalizing energy use are considered to minimize costs and environmental and social impacts. Energy and its socio-environmental dimensions are analyzed from a multidisciplinary perspective. In this sense, economic determinants and the organization of the sector are investigated, taking into consideration elements of the social sciences and law, technological and geological components of conventional and unconventional energy resources, geopolitical issues, relations with diverse interest groups that influence the acceptability of technologies and energy development routes. New institutional structures conceived for energy systems will have to cope resiliently with the transitions imposed by climate change. New models impact the management, concession, regulation, control, and inspection instruments for energy systems, as well as new financing instruments and commercial transactions for energy and its environmental assets, such as carbon credits. All these issues are the focus of PRH 33.1 in terms of planning and new technologies developed and incorporated into energy systems. Regarding developing low-carbon energy technologies, society must establish new protocols to assess their socio-economic, environmental, health, and risk impacts in production, transformation, and final use. These impacts must be balanced against the opportunities for the technological evolution of existing energy systems and the potential gains in efficiency, productivity, flexibility, valuation of natural resources, and decarbonization. Energy trade-offs must be built with social inclusion and the maintenance of energy security. Domestic interactions and those with the international community are becoming increasingly mandatory, complex, and multidisciplinary, requiring professionals with excellence and the training capabilities promoted by PRH 33.1. (AU)