Regional economic and environmental impacts of wind power developments: a case study of a German region

S. Jenniches; E. Worrell; E.M. Fumagalli

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.046

Regional economic and environmental impacts of wind power developments: a case study of a German region

S. Jenniches, E. Worrell, E.M. Fumagalli

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Wind power is an important technology in the transition towards a low carbon economy. This paper covers the regional impacts of wind power developments in a small German region. Wind power developments with a cumulative capacity of 63.1 MW which have been installed in 2017 in the Aachen region, generating 3901 GWh electricity from 2017 to 2037 lead to a regional value added of €50.8 million (or €805/kW). The avoided greenhouse gas emissions are 132,770 tCO2-equivalents in 2017 and the total economic impacts of value added, avoided greenhouse gases and air pollution ranging from €20.9 to €24.6 million (€332–389 per kW or €107–126 per MWh electricity generated) in 2017. From an environmental economic view, the generation of wind power is the most beneficial electricity generation technology in comparison to PV and lignite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-514
Journal	Energy Policy
Volume	132
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.046
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Wind power
Regional economic impact
Regional economic impacts of renewable energy
Sustanable development
Environmental impact of renewable energy
Supply chain analysis

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Regional economic and environmental impacts of wind power developments: a case study of a German region

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