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T1 Local Economic Impact of Wind Energy Development: Analysis of the Regulatory Framework, Taxation, and Income for Galician Municipalities
A1 Copena Rodríguez, Damián
A1 Pérez Neira, David
A1 Simón, Xavier
A2 Economia Aplicada
K1 Ecología. Medio ambiente
K1 Economía
K1 Política
K1 Municipalities
K1 Public policies
K1 Rural development
K1 Wind farms
K1 Renewable energy
AB [EN] Wind energy has rapidly developed in the last decades, generating economic impacts atdi erent territorial scales and contributing to rural development. However, few research works haveanalysed its economic impact at a local scale, especially in rural areas. Galicia is a Spanish regionin which 3300 MW of wind energy have been installed in rural municipalities with low levels ofsocioeconomic activity and important socio-environmental problems. In this sense, the objectiveof this work is to analyse the local revenues directly derived from wind power activity in relationto changes in the regulatory framework (1995–2017), as well as to quantify those revenues forthe year 2017. For this purpose, information has been systematically collected from secondarysources and complemented with 10 years of field and monitoring work on site at the wind farms.This article reveals the relationship between the regulatory framework and the main sources of incomeassociated with wind power generation (conventional and specific taxes, municipal ownership, andother revenues). In 2017, these revenues amounted to 17.8 million euros. This work discusseshow the public policies implemented during the analysed time period limited the direct economicimpacts of the installation of wind farms on Galician rural municipalities, and consequently hinderedrural development.
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LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18347
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18347
NO Copena, D., Pérez-Neira, D., y Simón, X. (2019). Local economic impact of wind energy development: Analysis of the regulatory framework, taxation, and income for Galician municipalities. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/SU11082403.
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 03-jun-2024