An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.

It is usually mentioned that renewable energy sources (RES) have a large potential to contribute to the sustainable development of specific territories by providing them with a wide variety of socioeconomic benefits, including diversification of energy supply, enhanced regional and rural development...

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Autores: Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198, Burguillo Cuesta, María Mercedes|||0000-0003-3328-4487
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Renewable energy
Regional development
Local sustainability
Economía
Economics
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spelling An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198Burguillo Cuesta, María Mercedes|||0000-0003-3328-4487Renewable energyRegional developmentLocal sustainabilityEconomíaEconomicsIt is usually mentioned that renewable energy sources (RES) have a large potential to contribute to the sustainable development of specific territories by providing them with a wide variety of socioeconomic benefits, including diversification of energy supply, enhanced regional and rural development opportunities, creation of a domestic industry and employment opportunities. The analysis of these benefits has usually been too general (i.e., mostly at the national level) and a focus on the regional and especially the local level has been lacking. This paper empirically analyses those benefits, by applying a conceptual and methodological framework previously developed by the authors to three renewable energy technologies in three different places in Spain. With the help of case studies, the paper shows that the contribution of RES to the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development might be significant. Particularly important is employment creation in these areas. Although, in absolute terms, the number of jobs created may not be high, it may be so with respect to the existing jobs in the areas considered. Socioeconomic benefits depend on several factors, and not only on the type of renewable energy, as has usually been mentioned. The specific socioeconomic features of the territories, including the productive structure of the area, the relationships between the stakeholders and the involvement of the local actors in the renewable energy project may play a relevant role in this regard. Furthermore, other local (socioeconomic) sustainability aspects beyond employment creation should be considered.20092009-08-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/58721https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2008.08.001reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/587212026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
title An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
spellingShingle An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198
Renewable energy
Regional development
Local sustainability
Economía
Economics
title_short An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
title_full An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
title_fullStr An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
title_full_unstemmed An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
title_sort An empirical analysis of the impact of renewable energy deployment on local sustainability.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198
Burguillo Cuesta, María Mercedes|||0000-0003-3328-4487
author Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198
author_facet Río González, Pablo del|||0000-0002-1712-5198
Burguillo Cuesta, María Mercedes|||0000-0003-3328-4487
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author2 Burguillo Cuesta, María Mercedes|||0000-0003-3328-4487
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Renewable energy
Regional development
Local sustainability
Economía
Economics
topic Renewable energy
Regional development
Local sustainability
Economía
Economics
description It is usually mentioned that renewable energy sources (RES) have a large potential to contribute to the sustainable development of specific territories by providing them with a wide variety of socioeconomic benefits, including diversification of energy supply, enhanced regional and rural development opportunities, creation of a domestic industry and employment opportunities. The analysis of these benefits has usually been too general (i.e., mostly at the national level) and a focus on the regional and especially the local level has been lacking. This paper empirically analyses those benefits, by applying a conceptual and methodological framework previously developed by the authors to three renewable energy technologies in three different places in Spain. With the help of case studies, the paper shows that the contribution of RES to the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development might be significant. Particularly important is employment creation in these areas. Although, in absolute terms, the number of jobs created may not be high, it may be so with respect to the existing jobs in the areas considered. Socioeconomic benefits depend on several factors, and not only on the type of renewable energy, as has usually been mentioned. The specific socioeconomic features of the territories, including the productive structure of the area, the relationships between the stakeholders and the involvement of the local actors in the renewable energy project may play a relevant role in this regard. Furthermore, other local (socioeconomic) sustainability aspects beyond employment creation should be considered.
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