Os Desafios da energia das microalgas como crédito de carbono na política internacional

Abstract

This research deals with international politic debates and its challenges due to the dissemination of less aggressive energy production forms to the environment. Thus, are analyzed the many environmental advantages of the microalgae production, presented in scientific researches, compared to other forms of energy production. These researches indicate that the production with microalgae could be a great carbon credits provider, an initiative born from international debates about environmental issues. To put it in discussion, this paper compares the efficiency of the production of these carbon credits from the energy of microalgae’s cultivation with carbon credits from cogeneration of energy in the sugar cane industry, generally utilized in Brazil. At the end, it is argued that Brazil should heavily invest in the production of energy from microalgae, aiming the beneficial incomes of this production to the environment and also the economics in terms of carbon credits.