Quantification and monetization of employment benefits associated with renewable energy technologies in Greece

Tourkolias, C; Mirasgedis, S

dc.contributor.author	Tourkolias, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Mirasgedis, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:36:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:36:41Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	1364-0321	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/21397
dc.subject	Employment benefits	en
dc.subject	Input-output analysis	en
dc.subject	Renewable energy sources	en
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.other	Economic development	en
dc.subject.other	Employment effects	en
dc.subject.other	Energy technologies	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental improvements	en
dc.subject.other	Fossil-fueled power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Input-output	en
dc.subject.other	Input-output analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Integrated approach	en
dc.subject.other	Operation phasis	en
dc.subject.other	Opportunity costs	en
dc.subject.other	Power sector	en
dc.subject.other	Renewable energy source	en
dc.subject.other	Renewable energy technologies	en
dc.subject.other	Economics	en
dc.subject.other	Estimation	en
dc.subject.other	Gas plants	en
dc.subject.other	Employment	en
dc.title	Quantification and monetization of employment benefits associated with renewable energy technologies in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.027	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.027	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	This paper formulates and implements an integrated approach for estimating the employment benefits associated with the exploitation of renewable energy sources (RES) in the power sector. It builds up on well-known techniques and makes all the necessary modifications in order to take into account the specific conditions of the RES market. More specific, the proposed approach exploits the input-output methodology for estimating the direct, indirect and induced employment effects associated with the energy technologies in question and the ""opportunity cost of labour"" approach for expressing these effects in monetary terms. This framework has been implemented to estimate the employment benefits resulting from the development of different RES technologies in Greece, taking into account both the construction and operation phases of the relative projects. The results of the analysis clearly show that the exploitation of RES in the Greek power sector presents significant employment benefits, which are at the same order of magnitude or in several cases even higher compared to the corresponding benefits attributed to the operation of fossil-fueled power plants (e.g. lignite and natural gas). Therefore, the fulfillment of the national target for increasing the penetration of RES into the Greek power sector from approximately 12% today to 40% in 2020, will contribute, apart from the significant environmental improvements, to the overall economic development and the increase of the employment. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.027	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000292418500033	en
dc.identifier.volume	15	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	2876	en
dc.identifier.epage	2886	en