Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba

In order to achieve the objectives set by the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement, the legislative framework that is developed at the national and regional level must be appropriate. Research has focused on the importance of environmental policies to stimulate renewable energy dema...

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Autores: Martín Álvarez, Francisco Javier, González Lorente, Álvaro, Hernández López, Montserrat, Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositório:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
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renewable energies
electricity generation
Cuba
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spelling Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and CubaMartín Álvarez, Francisco JavierGonzález Lorente, ÁlvaroHernández López, MontserratMendoza Jiménez, Javierlegislative frameworkrenewable energieselectricity generationCubaSpainIn order to achieve the objectives set by the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement, the legislative framework that is developed at the national and regional level must be appropriate. Research has focused on the importance of environmental policies to stimulate renewable energy demand and has also highlighted the existence of legal regimes more inclined to preserve the current model of dependence on fossil fuels. The main aim of this paper is to observe the impact of different regulation framework in the use of renewable energies in electricity generation. The choice of Spain and Cuba was based on several reasons: first, they present different models of legal regulations for renewable energies, with more centralized power in the case of Cuba and more influence of supranational institutions in the case of Spain; second, they have similarities regarding their productive model (highly dependent on hydrocarbons as sources of electricity generation) and the high potential for electricity generation with renewable energies thanks to their rich natural endowment that could favor energy generation from sources like the sun, wind and water; finally, both countries face a global situation where they could take advantage of this cost-cutting moment, and therefore, of electricity tariffs, to propose a sustainable model of electricity generation based exclusively on renewable energies. The conclusions show that Spain can become a role model to improve the Cuban system, given that the European and Spanish “green” positions can be very useful in developing Cuba’s future energy model based on renewables. The existing ties between the Caribbean country, Spain and the European Union (EU) should be the basis to support a model for which Cuba has an outstanding endowment of natural resources and where the similarities with Spain can generate synergies based on the European experience.Economía Aplicada y Métodos CuantitativosFINESAMCA. Financiación territorial y descentralización en España, América Latina y Caribe202420242020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40351reponame:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Lagunainstname:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)InglésSustainability 2020, 12, 5190Licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento-No comercial-Sin obras derivadas 4.0 Internacional)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ESoai:riull.ull.es:915/403512026-06-22T13:13:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
title Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
spellingShingle Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
Martín Álvarez, Francisco Javier
legislative framework
renewable energies
electricity generation
Cuba
Spain
title_short Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
title_full Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
title_fullStr Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
title_full_unstemmed Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
title_sort Differences in Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources from Similar Environmental Conditions: The Cases of Spain and Cuba
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martín Álvarez, Francisco Javier
González Lorente, Álvaro
Hernández López, Montserrat
Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
author Martín Álvarez, Francisco Javier
author_facet Martín Álvarez, Francisco Javier
González Lorente, Álvaro
Hernández López, Montserrat
Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
author_role author
author2 González Lorente, Álvaro
Hernández López, Montserrat
Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos
FINESAMCA. Financiación territorial y descentralización en España, América Latina y Caribe
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv legislative framework
renewable energies
electricity generation
Cuba
Spain
topic legislative framework
renewable energies
electricity generation
Cuba
Spain
description In order to achieve the objectives set by the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement, the legislative framework that is developed at the national and regional level must be appropriate. Research has focused on the importance of environmental policies to stimulate renewable energy demand and has also highlighted the existence of legal regimes more inclined to preserve the current model of dependence on fossil fuels. The main aim of this paper is to observe the impact of different regulation framework in the use of renewable energies in electricity generation. The choice of Spain and Cuba was based on several reasons: first, they present different models of legal regulations for renewable energies, with more centralized power in the case of Cuba and more influence of supranational institutions in the case of Spain; second, they have similarities regarding their productive model (highly dependent on hydrocarbons as sources of electricity generation) and the high potential for electricity generation with renewable energies thanks to their rich natural endowment that could favor energy generation from sources like the sun, wind and water; finally, both countries face a global situation where they could take advantage of this cost-cutting moment, and therefore, of electricity tariffs, to propose a sustainable model of electricity generation based exclusively on renewable energies. The conclusions show that Spain can become a role model to improve the Cuban system, given that the European and Spanish “green” positions can be very useful in developing Cuba’s future energy model based on renewables. The existing ties between the Caribbean country, Spain and the European Union (EU) should be the basis to support a model for which Cuba has an outstanding endowment of natural resources and where the similarities with Spain can generate synergies based on the European experience.
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