In 2019, there was an increase of 2.8% in the consumption of primary energy and 5% in the consumption of natural gas in all energy matrices in the world and a 2% increase in emissions of greenhouse gases, precisely because of the increase in the use of gas natural and coal. Despite this, according to Fernanda Delgado, energy research leader at FGV, renewable energies have already reached their maturity and Brazil is the world's greatest example.

LIDE Talks Paraná, last Tuesday (21st), brought together great experts and brought up a recurring and extremely important issue for the economic and sustainable development of the industry. “We need these debates. Society is beginning to question itself more about what type of energy is consumed and what type of energy is produced. We are increasingly concerned with which energy matrix is the one that will lead us to a real transition ”, says Fernanda.

This transition that we are going through seeks to move from fossil fuels to renewable fuels. However, it is not as fluid and comes up against the use of natural gas as a transition component, both due to its abundance in the market and its low greenhouse gas emissions. “In this pragmatic scenario of the economy, natural gas fits with logic in this transition. We have an abundance and the expectation is that gas will occupy space as the main source of primary energy in the world over a period of 15 years ”, says Rafael Lamastra, president of Compagas and vice president of the Board of Directors of Abegás.

The opening of the market proposed by the Federal Government is stimulating the entry of new players in the segment and with that it will be possible to have greater competitiveness in the prices practiced, which will benefit all consumers. The process should also contribute to accelerating the expansion of the piped network and the development of applications for the use of gas - such as electricity generation, industrial uses, light and heavy vehicles and also in homes.

According to Alessandro Gardemann, president of Abiogás, the deregulation that is happening in the gas market in Brazil will be a great opportunity for the production of biogas in the country and integration of this network. "We are surrounded by natural gas, with production from Bolivia, Argentina, pre-salt, Sergipe and Amazonas, but we still have difficulty reaching the interior of Brazil, which is where the country grows".

For Cassio Silva, director of business development at COPEL, biogas has a strategic role to guarantee this flexibility of being a generator of economic development of extreme importance to decentralize the economy that is more allocated in the capitals and closer to the coast. "We are staunch supporters of how biogas can develop, moreover, I believe that Paraná has the potential to be an exponent in the generation of energy and use of waste for economic development".

“One of LIDE's roles is to encourage the development of free enterprise, but always concerned with the development of the environment. And we will encourage entrepreneurs to use alternative energy sources, to increase competitiveness and expand our network ”, highlights the meeting's host, the president of LIDE Paraná - Heloisa Garrett.