Evaluation of the Effects on Regional Production and Employment in Spain of the Renewable Energy Plan 2011–2020

Miguel Blanco, Marcos Ferasso and Lydia Bares
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Miguel Blanco: Department of General Economics, University of Cadiz, Avenue Enrique Villegas Velez, 2, 11002 Cadiz, Spain
Marcos Ferasso: Institute of Scientific Research and Graduate School, Universidad de Lima, Av. Javier Prado Este, 4600, Lima 15023, Peru
Lydia Bares: Department of General Economics, University of Cadiz, Avenue Enrique Villegas Velez, 2, 11002 Cadiz, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: The Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2011–2020 established as a general goal to ensure that renewable sources represent at least 20% of final energy consumption in 2020, together with a minimum contribution of 10% from renewable energy sources in transportation for that year. Then, the goal of this research is to evaluate the effects of the regional production of clean energy, identifying the employment generated in the renewable sector. The adopted methodology was the shift-share analysis, frequently used by researchers to analyze territorial differences. Main results showed important differences, at regional level, in the production of this type of energy. Likewise, we used constant shift and constant share methodology to make a forecast on the evolution of the sector from the data of last published years. Pending the approval of the new Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2021–2030, the results obtained in this research allow the identification of the regions that showed a favorable evolution to the energy change and identifies the projects that generate employment and production in the sector.

Keywords: renewable energies; shift-share analysis; regional production; employment; prediction models; regional studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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