Regional Factors Driving the Deployment of Wind Energy in Spain

There is significant regional heterogeneity in terms of relative positioning in relation to the issue of sustainability and, in particular, in relation to the implementation of renewable energy. For this reason, the aim of this work is to analyze whether these differences in attributes for each regi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gutiérrez Pedrero, María Jesús, Ruiz Fuensanta, María Jesús, Tarancón Morán, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/27865
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/27865
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:sustainability
renewable energy
wind energy
regional analysis
Spain
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Sumario:There is significant regional heterogeneity in terms of relative positioning in relation to the issue of sustainability and, in particular, in relation to the implementation of renewable energy. For this reason, the aim of this work is to analyze whether these differences in attributes for each region are likely to condition the expansion of renewable energy production. In this paper, we focus on wind energy. Therefore, the evolution of the installed capacity of wind energy is studied for a set of Spanish regions over the period between 2004 and 2017. The results obtained confirm that, in effect, there are factors linked to investment and environmental knowledge capable of conditioning the deployment of wind energy at the regional level.