Employment benefits of electricity generation: A comparative assessment of lignite and natural gas power plants in Greece

Tourkolias, C; Mirasgedis, S; Damigos, D; Diakoulaki, D

dc.contributor.author	Tourkolias, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Mirasgedis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Damigos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Diakoulaki, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:30:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:30:20Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4215	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/19553
dc.subject	Cost-benefit analysis	en
dc.subject	Employment benefits	en
dc.subject	Input-output analysis	en
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Studies	en
dc.subject.other	Comparative assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Electricity generation	en
dc.subject.other	Employment effects	en
dc.subject.other	Energy project	en
dc.subject.other	Fuel cycle	en
dc.subject.other	Input-output	en
dc.subject.other	Input-output analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Integrated approach	en
dc.subject.other	Natural gas fired power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Natural gas power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Opportunity costs	en
dc.subject.other	Power-generation technologies	en
dc.subject.other	Public expenditures	en
dc.subject.other	Cost effectiveness	en
dc.subject.other	Electric generators	en
dc.subject.other	Employment	en
dc.subject.other	Forestry	en
dc.subject.other	Fossil fuel power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Gas industry	en
dc.subject.other	Gas plants	en
dc.subject.other	Lignite	en
dc.subject.other	Natural gas	en
dc.subject.other	Statistics	en
dc.subject.other	Cost benefit analysis	en
dc.subject.other	cost-benefit analysis	en
dc.subject.other	electricity	en
dc.subject.other	electricity generation	en
dc.subject.other	energy use	en
dc.subject.other	input-output analysis	en
dc.subject.other	lignite	en
dc.subject.other	natural gas	en
dc.subject.other	power plant	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.title	Employment benefits of electricity generation: A comparative assessment of lignite and natural gas power plants in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.015	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.015	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	This paper aims at developing an integrated approach for estimating the employment benefits associated with power-generation technologies. The proposed approach exploits the input-output methodology for estimating the direct, indirect and induced employment effects associated with the energy project in question, as well as two different valuation techniques, namely the "opportunity cost of labour" approach and the "public expenditures" approach, for expressing these effects in monetary terms. This framework has been implemented to estimate the employment benefits resulting from the development of a lignite-fired and a natural gas-fired power plant in Greece, taking into account all the stages of the corresponding fuel cycles that are undertaken domestically. The results of the analysis clearly show that lignite-fired electricity generation results in significant employment benefits amounting to 2.9-3.5 is an element of/MWh in the basic scenario. On the other hand, the employment benefits associated with the examined natural gas unit were estimated at 0.4-0.6 is an element of/MWh in the basic scenario. It is also worth mentioning that the significant environmental externalities of the lignite-fired electricity in Greece that have been presented in a number of studies can only be partially compensated by the estimated employment benefits. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Energy Policy	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.015	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000270646700047	en
dc.identifier.volume	37	en
dc.identifier.issue	10	en
dc.identifier.spage	4155	en
dc.identifier.epage	4166	en