Losing the roadmap: Renewable energy paralysis in Spain and its implications for the EU low carbon economy
| Autor: | Jara Vicente Guillén, Verónica Hernández Jiménez, Cheryl de Boer, Lara Román Bermejo, Richard J. Hewitt, Patricia Martínez Alonso, Hans Bressers, Jaime Díaz Pacheco |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment Process (engineering) business.industry METIS-316256 020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject 02 engineering and technology Low-carbon economy Energy transition Renewable energy Market economy Economy Multinational corporation IR-100068 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Economics Regime shift Psychological resilience business Strengths and weaknesses media_common |
| Zdroj: | Renewable energy, 89, 680-694. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0960-1481 |
| Popis: | After many years at the forefront of renewable energy (RE) implementation both in Europe and worldwide, Spain experienced a sudden transformation in 2012 to its RE development model in which national government backing and financial incentives for renewables were removed, throwing the RE sector into a paralysis which continues to the present day. This is in marked contrast to the case of the other major European RE leader, Germany, where it has been argued that RE implementation has produced a “regime shift” that has transformed the energy generation model to a new resilient pathway. In this paper, key differences between Spanish regions are identified in the way the RE implementation process has been carried out. The research brings these different characteristics into focus and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the RE implementation process in each region. If stakeholders at all levels are empowered and motivated towards the implementation process goal, it is less likely that a few, very powerful actors (e.g. multinational energy companies or governments) can dominate the process, and thus systemic instability can be reduced. In this way, lock-down situations like the current one can be avoided in future and a more resilient system can be designed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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