Resumo:
The significant expansion of Small Hydro Powerplant - SHPs, in the past seven years,
can be largely credited, to the incentives regulated by Aneel, with the intention of
stimulating the construction of those enterprises. Among other incentives, they deserve
prominence: the authorization no payment for exploration of the hydraulic potential; the
relative discharge of Financial Compensation for the use of Hydraulic Resource's; and the
discounts, foreseen in law, for power grid use.
In the period of 1998 to October of 2004, Aneel authorized the construction of 308 SHPs,
throughout Brazil, and it allowed the refurbishment of further 46 plants. Besides, it
registered 192 hydropower plants , with smaller potency or same to 1 MW, denominated
MHP - Mini and Micro Hydropower Plants. Part of this universe of 500 small or mini plants, 43 are located in São Paulo State and the great majority in Minas Gerais.
In seven years of existence Aneel granted, 4.576 MW of SHPs and MHP. Those
enterprises will contribute to the expansion of the offer of energy, with economy of the
use of transmission lines, once the power plant is located, in general, close of the
consumer market.
The Small Hydropower Plants SHPs and Mini Hydropower Plants MHP, exemplify a
interesting and creative alternative to assist the energy infrastructure development,
respecting the other pillars, relative to the environment and the sustainable development.
On this context is possible to highlight the value of renewable and less pollutant sources
of energy, as well as the prevention of the negative environmental impacts.
These types of projects are the ones that come close to perfection, even if considered the
available technological resources of the time they were built. Moreover, it can serve as
paradigm for the contemporary engineers. All those that, in fact were wrapped up in the
recovery or refurbishment of those preciousness, unanimously pay tribute to the SHPs
