Impactos da crise energética em tempos de pandemia da COVID-19: Estudo de caso em agroindústria de Jataí-GO

Abstract

In 2021, Brazil experienced the height of a global energy crisis simultaneously with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some factors are presented as justification for the energy crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic itself, the water crisis, plant management software lag and the revocation of daylight-saving time. Considering that industries correspond to the sector that consumes most of the electricity and analyze the impacts of the energy crisis in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, experienced by an agroindustry located in the city of Jataí in Goiás state. Thus, through a bibliographic survey and a case study, with the application of a questionnaire as a tool to obtain information, it was possible to conclude that the factors identified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the water crisis. Other related factors, such as the management of the plants, software lag and the revocation of daylight-saving time, did not directly contribute to the energy crisis, according to the energy crisis, according to the agroindustry that is the focus of the study. Thus, in view of the results obtained, it is possible to identify, among the factors impacted the researched agroindustry and also the difficulties and solutions adopted by it in the face of the crisis.