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The importance of revenue sharing for the local economic impacts of a renewable energy project: a social accounting matrix approach, Regional Studies. Ambitious renewable energy targets are requiring investments in new renewable capacity in areas where acceptance could be affected by the...
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Since devolution, the Scottish Government has increasingly adopted a distinctive environmental and energy policy (Allan et al., 2008). The Climate Change (Scotland) Act includes a target to reduce CO2 emissions to 42% below 1990 levels by 2020. This is stricter than the 34% CO2 emissions...
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Since devolution, the Scottish Government has increasingly adopted a distinctive environmental and energy policy (Allan et al., 2008). The Climate Change (Scotland) Act includes a target to reduce CO2 emissions to 42% below 1990 levels by 2020. This is stricter than the 34% CO2 emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740389
A<sc>llan</sc> G., M<sc>c</sc>G<sc>regor</sc> P. and S<sc>wales</sc> K. The importance of revenue sharing for the local economic impacts of a renewable energy project: a social accounting matrix approach, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Ambitious renewable energy targets are requiring investments in new renewable capacity in areas where...
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Using a disaggregated energy–economy–environmental model, we investigate the economic and environmental impact of a Scottish specific carbon tax under three alternative assumptions about the use of the revenue raised by the tax: revenues raised are not recycled within Scotland; revenues are...
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As demand for electricity from renewable energy sources grows, there is increasing interest, and public and financial support, for local communities to become involved in the development of renewable energy projects. In the UK, “Community Benefit” payments are the most common financial link...
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As demand for electricity from renewable energy sources grows, there is increasing interest, and public and financial support, for local communities to become involved in the development of renewable energy projects. In the UK, “Community Benefit” payments are the most common financial link...
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Standalone levelised cost assessments of electricity supply options miss an important contribution that renewable and non-fossil fuel technologies can make to the electricity portfolio: that of reducing the variability of electricity costs, and their potentially damaging impact upon economic...
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