Abstract
The Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2011–2020 established as a general goal to ensure that renewable sources represent at least 20% of final energy consumption in 2020, together with a minimum contribution of 10% from renewable energy sources in transportation for that year. Then, the goal of this research is to evaluate the effects of the regional production of clean energy, identifying the employment generated in the renewable sector. The adopted methodology was the shift-share analysis, frequently used by researchers to analyze territorial differences. Main results showed important differences, at regional level, in the production of this type of energy. Likewise, we used constant shift and constant share methodology to make a forecast on the evolution of the sector from the data of last published years. Pending the approval of the new Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2021–2030, the results obtained in this research allow the identification of the regions that showed a favorable evolution to the energy change and identifies the projects that generate employment and production in the sector.
Highlights
On 11 December 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was approved, by which the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change was put into operation
A series of binding emission reduction targets were established for 36 countries and the European Union (EU)
Parliament and of the Council on 23 April 2009, aiming the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. This regulation established, as the main goal, the reduction of CO2 emissions beyond 2012. This regulation favors synergies that could derive from the implementation of this regulation by the EU countries in matters such as security of energy supply, technological development and innovation, and employment opportunities and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas [1]
Summary
Framework Convention on Climate Change was put into operation. It contained the commitment of the industrialized countries to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Parliament and of the Council on 23 April 2009, aiming the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. This regulation established, as the main goal, the reduction of CO2 emissions beyond 2012. Likewise, this regulation favors synergies that could derive from the implementation of this regulation by the EU countries in matters such as security of energy supply, technological development and innovation, and employment opportunities and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas [1]
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