Dinâmica socioeconômica das eólicas no Rio Grande do Norte (2002-2015): microrregiões e políticas de desenvolvimento local

Abstract

Analyzes the socio-economic dynamics of Rio Grande do Norte from the economics of wind power (2002-2015) and micro-regions where are found the wind farms of the State. For this reason, it is the cornerstone of this dissertation the focus on wind power as local development proposal, figuring out how to center of analysis, the relationship between the wind farm investments and territories studied. For better understanding of how it is possible the economic dynamics of a peripheral region, it was used as methodological platform the historical research structuralist method of cepalina school. The research stems from the analysis of the historical facts that was expressed in different periods, impacting positively or negatively in the productive and social structures. As methodological procedures were performed: literature review; empirical observation through a field visit; and document consultation and analysis. It was elected as the main hypothesis that high investment, as is the case of wind energy in Rio Grande do Norte, result in conservatism and strengthening of local inequalities, there is a low interaction with the local regional dynamics, not contributing to the reduction of structural, social and economic problems of a peripheral region. It is concluded that despite the national efforts to develop the sector, in Rio Grande do Norte, the socioeconomic dynamics was influenced in a tangential way with regard to the economy of the wind, that is, without deep transformations. The economy of wind power is seen as a promoter of development when the State reconciles the opportunities that the sector develops. Otherwise, the economy of wind power will be used in territories where it is installed only as a resource for the reproduction of international capital without spreading progress through the site.