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

Dvořák, Petr; Martinát, Stanislav; Horst, Dan van der; Frantál, Bohumil; Turečková, Kamila

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.158

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“…Some studies [14,15] only look at direct job creation, whilst other consider indirect jobs [16][17][18] which are harder to measure. Another obstacle a researcher will find when trying to quantify employment levels in the wind energy sector is the nonexistence (in some countries) of an official classification of the companies that are part of the sector (and general lack of detail in official statistics).…”

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a global overview of job effects per MW of wind power installations, which will enable improved decision-making and modeling of future wind-power projects. We found indications that job creation connected to wind-power installations is rather limited. In total, 17 peer-reviewed articles and 10 reports/non-peer-reviewed papers between 2001 and 2019 were assessed. Our three major policy conclusions are as follows: (a) job creation seems to be limited; (b) each new project should consider a unique assessment, since all projects have been undertaken within different institutional frameworks, labor markets, and during separate years, meaning that the technology is not comparable; and (c) the number of jobs depends on the labor intensity of the country.Employment opportunities are a key consideration in planning for low-carbon economic growth. Many governments have prioritised renewable energy development, firstly to reduce emissions and meet international climate goals, but also in pursuit of broader socio-economic benefits.

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“…Currently, there have been more studies of the evaluation focused on one single perspective of the benefits of new energy power generation, such as economic evaluation [19,20], environment evaluation [21] or social benefit evaluation [22,23] both at home and abroad. With the deepening of the research, many scholars argued that it is necessary to construct the evaluation indicator system from multiple perspectives of economic benefits, social benefits, environmental benefits and so on [24,25].…”

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“…Furthermore, in order to meet the actual needs of management and control within new energy power generation groups, the sub-criteria affiliated with above four aspects are determined by an expert group composed of 36 executives and functional departments managers of the parent companies from four new energy power generation groups, according to the following process: First, all experts review the academic literature related to the comprehensive benefit of new energy or new energy power generation including economy, technology, talent and operation [19][20][21][22][23][38][39][40][41][42] that is selected and provided by our research group, the first half of which is the most recent studies while the other half is the most cited studies with each of them being cited for more than 100 times; then an initial indicator system is built. Second, questionnaires are designed to seek the opinions of each expert repeatedly based on the Delphi method [29].…”

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“…In order to get a better insight of the evaluation results, a graphical representation of pairwise comparisons results is shown in Figure 7. According to Equation (23), the superior value of each evaluation object can be computed as follows: According to Equation (23), the superior value of each evaluation object can be computed as follows:…”

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Evaluating the Comprehensive Benefit of Group-Affiliated New Energy Power Generation Enterprises for Sustainability: Based on a Combined Technique of STBI and TOPSIS

Yang

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2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:As an efficient way to deal with the exhaustion of traditional fossil fuels, new energy power generation has obtained much attention from the Chinese Government. In this context, more and more new energy power generation groups that consist of large numbers of regional enterprises have been founded and developed rapidly. However, researches related to comprehensive benefit evaluation of group-affiliated new energy power generation enterprises is still blank in China, which will hinder the benefit growth and sustainable development of such enterprises. A novel hybrid evaluation indicator system is proposed from both perspectives of sustainability and the internal management within the groups. Considering the preference information given on each of the indicators is featured by multi-source and multi-form, an evaluation framework to integrate the blended and complex evaluation information is designed. In addition, different from previous studies, this paper employs a combined technique of Stochastic Transformation for Blended Information (STBI) method and the Technique for Order Preference by Similar to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to simulate the evaluation process and rank the comprehensive benefit of evaluation objects. It can efficiently handle the comprehensive evaluation problems with blended and complex evaluation information and preserve the initial evaluation information to the utmost simultaneously. Finally, this paper applied the evaluation model to empirical research and the results show that the model meets the actual situation of the new energy power generation group and can provide a certain reference value.

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“…The majority of studies that do examine the clean energy-employment relationship forecasts the job creation potential of different policies into the future (Frondel et al, 2010;Wei et al, 2010;Singh and Fehrs, 2011;Hall and Link, 2015) rather than conduct ex post evaluations of existing policies. Currently, studies have looked at the impacts of renewable energy investment (Dvo ráka et al, 2017), deployment (Böhringer et al, 2013;Pahle et al, 2016), and environmentallyfriendly technological innovation (Gagliardi et al, 2016) on green job growth. However, few studies examine the impacts of energy policies on green job creation.…”

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The effect of clean energy regulations and incentives on green jobs: panel analysis of the United States, 1998–2007

Lee

2017

Natural Resources Forum

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‘Green jobs’ are often presented as a simultaneous solution for the economic downturn and the environmental crisis, particularly as they relate to sustainable development in energy and climate change. Federal, state, and municipal authorities have employed a variety of policy tools to boost job creation within their jurisdictions. This study focuses on the role that state policies play in creating green jobs. It examines two generic policy tools – regulations and incentives – each of which can be aimed at advancing energy efficiency or renewable energy production, and assesses the relative impact they have had on generating green jobs. In order to measure this impact, we utilize panel data compiled by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which contain a state‐level count of green jobs from 1998 to 2007. The results of the analysis suggest that regulations, particularly those that mandate action on renewable energy, are likely to increase the number of private sector green jobs in states. Regulations with clear guidelines and targets tend to reduce uncertainty in business, and can lead to increased private sector investment and job availability. This study provides practical lessons regarding the type and design of policy instruments and regulations on renewable energy, which effectively encourage green job growth.

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

Abstract: 2017. Renewable energy investment and job creation; a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 69 , pp.

Cited by 101 publications

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Wind Power and Job Creation

Wind Power and Job Creation

Evaluating the Comprehensive Benefit of Group-Affiliated New Energy Power Generation Enterprises for Sustainability: Based on a Combined Technique of STBI and TOPSIS

The effect of clean energy regulations and incentives on green jobs: panel analysis of the United States, 1998–2007

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