Renewable energy investment and job creation; a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks.

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F17%3A73581404" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/17:73581404 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/68145535:_____/17:00466537 RIV/47813059:19520/17:00010570

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032116309121" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032116309121</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.158" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.158</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Renewable energy investment and job creation; a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks.

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The development of renewable energy sources has been primarily justified on the ground of environmental policies and energy security, but new jobs opportunities and establishment of new economy sectors may be equally important co-benefits from investments in this sector. The main goal of this paper is to assess the employment benefits of investments in renewable energy in the Czech Republic. We examine the level and rate of the development of the renewable energy sector in the Czech Republic in terms of (&apos;green‘) job creation for the period 2008–2013, in comparison to data from other EU countries, including Germany as a leading early investor in renewables. Whilst the deployment of renewable energy in the Czech Republic has succeeded to create a significant number of jobs (more than 20 000 employees in 2010), our analysis illustrates a strong dependency of job creation on the continuation of financial incentives. We also find that biomass and waste energy processing offer the highest employment per MWh, which benefits employment in (economically fragile) rural areas. We discuss the question of competitiveness of a country that was not amongst the early adopters of renewables, arguing that the technical skills of the labour force in the Czech Republic provide a potential for more sustained investments in the sector.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Renewable energy investment and job creation; a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks.

Popis výsledku anglicky

The development of renewable energy sources has been primarily justified on the ground of environmental policies and energy security, but new jobs opportunities and establishment of new economy sectors may be equally important co-benefits from investments in this sector. The main goal of this paper is to assess the employment benefits of investments in renewable energy in the Czech Republic. We examine the level and rate of the development of the renewable energy sector in the Czech Republic in terms of (&apos;green‘) job creation for the period 2008–2013, in comparison to data from other EU countries, including Germany as a leading early investor in renewables. Whilst the deployment of renewable energy in the Czech Republic has succeeded to create a significant number of jobs (more than 20 000 employees in 2010), our analysis illustrates a strong dependency of job creation on the continuation of financial incentives. We also find that biomass and waste energy processing offer the highest employment per MWh, which benefits employment in (economically fragile) rural areas. We discuss the question of competitiveness of a country that was not amongst the early adopters of renewables, arguing that the technical skills of the labour force in the Czech Republic provide a potential for more sustained investments in the sector.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-04483S" target="_blank" >GA16-04483S: Výzkum sociálně-prostorové difúze projektů obnovitelné energie v České republice: poučení pro adaptivní governanci energetického přechodu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

ISSN

1364-0321

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

69

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

March

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

360-368

Kód UT WoS článku

000393016000031

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84996848282