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Regional economic and environmental impacts of wind power developments: a case study of a German region
- Source :
- Energy Policy, 132, 499. Elsevier BV
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Wind power is an important technology in the transition towards a low carbon economy. This paper covers the regional impacts of wind power developments in a small German region. Wind power developments with a cumulative capacity of 63.1 MW which have been installed in 2017 in the Aachen region, generating 3901 GWh electricity from 2017 to 2037 lead to a regional value added of €50.8 million (or €805/kW). The avoided greenhouse gas emissions are 132,770 tCO2-equivalents in 2017 and the total economic impacts of value added, avoided greenhouse gases and air pollution ranging from €20.9 to €24.6 million (€332–389 per kW or €107–126 per MWh electricity generated) in 2017. From an environmental economic view, the generation of wind power is the most beneficial electricity generation technology in comparison to PV and lignite.
- Subjects :
- Regional economic impacts of renewable energy
020209 energy
Air pollution
02 engineering and technology
Low-carbon economy
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
medicine.disease_cause
01 natural sciences
Environmental protection
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
Sustanable development
Economic impact analysis
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Regional economic impact
Sustainable development
Wind power
business.industry
Supply chain analysis
General Energy
Electricity generation
Greenhouse gas
Environmental science
Electricity
business
Environmental impact of renewable energy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03014215
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Energy Policy, 132, 499. Elsevier BV
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....09840b9cae9886e9e5e5ab0dd0bcbd60