Geração de energia eólica onshore no Rio Grande do Norte: uma avaliação sobre o emprego formal e arrecadação tributária

Abstract

The production of wind energy in Brazil has gained increasing prominence, especially in Rio Grande do Norte, which is evidenced by its favorable natural conditions, in this case the direction of constant trade winds, for the development of this activity in their territories. This work aims to analyze the development of wind activity in Rio Grande do Norte from a perspective that reflects on how this activity is inserted in a context of local economic development in the subspaces receiving this investment. Therefore, the differences-in-differences method was used to analyze the results arising from the generation of electricity by this type of source in Rio Grande do Norte in terms of employment generation and tax collection - ICMS and ISS. The results found corroborate the hypothesis that wind power generation in Rio Grande do Norte did not have significant impacts on employment levels or tax revenue in the municipalities receiving these investments. Thus, wind power generation has been presented in this State as an activity whose internal repercussions from the activity do not have sustained socioeconomic effects in the medium and long term, with qualitative changes in subspaces and populations directly impacted by the installation of wind turbines.