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Renewable energy investment and job creation, a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks
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SYSNO ASEP 0466537 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Renewable energy investment and job creation, a cross-sectoral assessment for the Czech Republic with reference to EU benchmarks Author(s) Dvořák, Petr (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
Martinát, S. (CZ)
Van der Horst, D. (GB)
Frantál, Bohumil (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
Turečková, K. (CZ)Number of authors 5 Source Title Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. - : Elsevier - ISSN 1364-0321
Roč. 69, č. 69 (2017), s. 360-368Number of pages 9 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords renewable energy ; green jobs ; rural employment ; financial incentives Subject RIV DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography OECD category Environmental sciences (social aspects) R&D Projects GA16-04483S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support UGN-S - RVO:68145535 UT WOS 000393016000031 DOI 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.158 Annotation The development of renewable energy sources has been primarily justified on the ground of environmental policies and energy security, but new jobs opportunities and establishment of new economy sectors may be equally important co-benefits from investments in this sector. The main goal of this paper is to assess the employment benefits of investments in renewable energy in the Czech Republic. We examine the level and rate of the development of the renewable energy sector in the Czech Republic in terms of ('green‘) job creation for the period 2008–2013, in comparison to data from other EU countries, including Germany as a leading early investor in renewables. Whilst the deployment of renewable energy in the Czech Republic has succeeded to create a significant number of jobs (more than 20 000 employees in 2010), our analysis illustrates a strong dependency of job creation on the continuation of financial incentives. We also find that biomass and waste energy processing offer the highest employment per MWh, which benefits employment in (economically fragile) rural areas. We discuss the question of competitiveness of a country that was not amongst the early adopters of renewables, arguing that the technical skills of the labour force in the Czech Republic provide a potential for more sustained investments in the sector. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2018 Electronic address http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032116309121
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