Amaro Pereira

Doctor Amaro Pereira

Amaro Pereira

CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level B

An economist who graduated from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), he holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in Energy Planning from COPPE/UFRJ. He has worked as a technical consultant for the Energy Research Office (EPE) and as a visiting professor at Pierre Mendès-France University in Grenoble, France, and the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Energy Planning Program at COPPE/UFRJ, a researcher at CentroClima/COPPE/UFRJ, a member of the Permanent Technical Committee of the LIFE Institute (Lasting Initiative For Earth), and Vice-President of the Brazilian Society for Energy Planning (SBPE).

Coordinator of the MBA program in Energy Regulation and Commercialization (RECOM). He is a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (PQ) and a “Scientist of Our State” (CNE) supported by FAPERJ. He has experience in energy and environmental modeling, and works in the areas of energy sector regulation, the integration of new technologies from various energy sources, and climate change-related issues. He is the author of books, book chapters, and dozens of articles in indexed international journals.

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  • Renewable Energy Sources

    Analysis of the impact of integrating renewable energy sources into the operation and planning of the electricity sector, considering aspects related to the intermittency of wind and solar generation. This line of research also focuses on analyzing the diffusion of distributed energy resources.

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  • Energy and Sustainability

    The main characteristic of this line of research is the use of an integrated framework (climate, soils, energy, water, and the CLEW model) to evaluate energy programs. The objective is to assess the availability of resources such as land and water—and the impact upon them—rather than focusing solely on energy.

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  • Energy Sector Regulation and Planning

    Desenvolvimento de estudos e análises sobre o setor energético brasileiro, assim como toda a teoria econômica relacionada à regulação do mercado. Adicionalmente, nesta linha de pesquisa, são desenvolvidos modelos de projeção de demanda e oferta de energia.

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