Blockchain technology in renewable energy certificates in Brazil

AutorJoão Akio Ribeiro Yamaguchi, Teresa Rachael Santos, André Pereira de Carvalho
CargoFundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil/Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil/Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
https://bar.anpad.org.br
BAR Brazilian Administration Review
Vol. 18, No. Spe, Art. 3, e200069, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-7692bar2021200069
Special Issue on
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Distributed Organizations
Research Article
Blockchain Technology in Renewable Energy
Certificates in Brazil
João Akio Ribeiro Yamaguchi1
Teresa Rachael Santos1
André Pereira de Carvalho1
1 Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Received 01 July 2020. This paper was with the authors for three revisions. Accepted 13 September 2021.
First published online 20 October 2021.
Editors-in-Chief: Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil);
Ivan Lapuente Garrido (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)
Guest Editors: Jorge Renato Verschoore (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil);
Eduardo Henrique Diniz (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, EAESP, Brazil);
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios (Østfold University College, Norway)
Reviewers: Jefferson Marlon Monticelli (Universidade La Salle, Canoas, RS, Brazil) and one anonymous reviewer
Editorial assistants: Kler Godoy and Simone Rafael (ANPAD, Maringá, PR, Brazil)
J. A. R. Yamaguchi, T. R. Santos, A. P. de Carvalho 2
ABSTRACT
Several renewable energy certificate (RECs) applications point out that the blockchain technology
can be useful in ensuring the traceability and transparency of transactions, despite some barriers
to its implementation, such as the legal and market development. However, it is not clear how
the organizational positioning, in relation to its given market, influences the artifact developed.
In this study, through design science research (DSR) and case study methodology, we structure
the problem space of two different positioned organizations in the sustainability field, with
blockchain-based applications to produce and trade RECs. We find out that: (a) the position of
the organization in relation to other stakeholders changes the behavior of the technology
adoption; (b) the technological solution preceded the perception of the problem; (c) organizations
create different representations of the artifact for each stakeholder. We suggest other studies to
deepen these findings in order to better develop theories that explain how organizations see their
problem when developing technological solutions while using DSR.
Keywords: blockchain; design science research; renewable energy certificates; energy
JEL Code: M15

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