ABSTRACT
This paper analyzed, from an environmental and economic point of view, a proposal for electricity generation using agricultural residues, with anaerobic biodigestion technology. The area selected for such proposal was an isolated community in the North of Brazil, whose source of electrical generation is a plant operating with diesel fuel. The results showed that the proposed alternative presents a high cost in comparison to the diesel plant, but the alternative will cause less environmental impacts (in relation to atmospheric emissions) and lower costs related to fuel consumption, since they are agricultural residues.
Keywords:
biodigestion; environmental impacts; isolated community
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