The use of energy resources in Itajaí-Açú river

Authors

  • Simoni Mendes de Paula Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2014n23.8113

Keywords:

Itajaí-Açú, energy resources, hydroelectric plants

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the projects for the production of electricity in the River Itajaí-Açú, in Santa Catarina. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, industries such as Hering and Karsten started production using hydroelectric power from the Testo Salto region. In the following decades, companies like Empresa Eletricidade Salto and Empresa Força e Luz ratified the hydroelectric potential of the Itajaí valley with the construction of hydroelectric plants. Transforming the river, then known by the floods, an ally to the development of the city

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Author Biography

  • Simoni Mendes de Paula, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Mestre em História Cultural pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Atualmente, doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Bolsista CAPES

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Published

06-06-2018

Issue

No. 23 (2014): Apresentação do Dossiê de História Ambiental e Migrações

Section

Dossiês

How to Cite

PAULA, Simoni Mendes de. The use of energy resources in Itajaí-Açú river. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 23, p. 164, 2018. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2014n23.8113. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/8113. Acesso em: 9 dec. 2025.