Received:
2020-01-29 | Accepted:
2020-04-25 | Published:
2020-06-30
Title
Assessment the role of renewable energy in socio-economic development of rural and Arctic regions
Abstract
The paper overviews Russian and foreign studies on renewable energy. In view of some economic and environmental premises, namely depletion of the traditional energy sources and growing costs of their exploitation, a new alley is being paved in scientific literature and global practices for displacing traditional energy resources and providing for a substantial contribution of renewable sources to total energy consumption. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine what role renewable energy will play in the socio-economic security of territories, to identify the potential and possible applications of renewable energy. The main tasks for the study were to: identify the socio-economic implications of the transition from traditional to renewable energy sources, study the foreign experience of implementing renewable energy policies, estimate the potential and evaluate the prospects for renewable energy with the focus on rural northern regions. The potential for renewable energy market growth in Russia was estimated, specifically for the Northwestern macroregion. To provide for socio-economic security, the energy policy being developed must have an environmental and economic orientation. Primary focus in the development of renewable energy sources should be on peripheral regions, which have no electrical grids of their own and are energy deficient.
Keywords
renewable energy, energy consumption, energy sources, socio-economic security, peripheral regions
JEL classifications
A10
, Q40
, Q42
URI
http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/590
DOI
Pages
3354-3368
Funding
Supported by the RFBR, Russia, Project No. 20-310-70005
This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
References
Adams S., Nsiah C. (2019). Reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Does renewable energy matter? Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.094
Search via ReFindit
Chang W-R, Hwang J-J, Wu W. (2017). Environmental impact and sustainability study on biofuels for transportation applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67, 277-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.020
Search via ReFindit
Charfeddine L., Kahia M. (2019). Impact of renewable energy consumption and financial development on CO2 emissions and economic growth in the MENA region: A panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) analysis. Renewable Energy, 139, 198-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.01.010
Search via ReFindit
Cherni A., Jouini S.E. (2017). An ARDL approach to the CO2 emissions, renewable energy and economic growth nexus: Tunisian evidence. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42, 29056-29066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.08.072
Search via ReFindit
Cho Y., Lee J., Kim T.-Y. (2007). The impact of ICT investment and energy price on industrial electricity demand: Dynamic growth model approach. Energy Policy, 35(9), 4730-4738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.030
Search via ReFindit
Del P. Pablo-Romero M., Sánchez-Braza A., Expósito A. (2019). Industry level production functions and energy use in 12 EU countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 212, 880-892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.296
Search via ReFindit
Dhar A., Naeth M., Jennings P., El-Din M. (2019). Perspectives on environmental impacts and a land reclamation strategy for solar and wind energy systems. Science of The Total Environment, 134602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134602
Search via ReFindit
Ermolenko B., Ermolenko G., Fetisova Y., Proskuryakova L. (2017). Wind and solar PV technical potentials: Measurement methodology and assessments for Russia. Energy, 137, 1001-1012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.050
Search via ReFindit
Ermolenko G. (2015). Renewable Energy status, potential and opportunities in Russia, presented at the Second Session of the group of Experts on Renewable Energy, Geneva. https://docplayer.net/30952101-Renewable-energy-status-potential-and-opportunities-in-russia.html
Search via ReFindit
Hájek M., Zimmermannová J., Helman K., Rozenský L. (2019). Analysis of carbon tax efficiency in energy industries of selected EU countries. Energy Policy, 134, 110955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110955
Search via ReFindit
Hernández F., Hernández-Campos M. (2011). The Development of the Renewable Energy Technologies in Spain. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2(2), 110-115. https://doi.org/10.4236/sgre.2011.22013
Search via ReFindit
Inglesi-Lotz R., Dogan E. (2018). The role of renewable versus non-renewable energy to the level of CO2 emissions a panel analysis of sub- Saharan Africa’s Βig 10 electricity generators. Renewable Energy, 123, 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.041
Search via ReFindit
International Renewable Energy Agency. (2018). Renewable energy statistics 2018. http://www.irena.org/publications/2018/Jul/Renewable-Energy-Statistics-2018
Search via ReFindit
Ito K. (2017) CO2 emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, and economic growth: Evidence from panel data for developing countries. International Economics, 151, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2017.02.001
Search via ReFindit
Jäger-Waldau A. (2007). Photovoltaics and renewable energies in Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 11(7), 1414-1437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2005.11.001
Search via ReFindit
Komerath N., Komerath P. (2011). Terrestrial Micro Renewable Energy Applications of Space Technology. Physics Procedia, 20, 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2011.08.024
Search via ReFindit
Lanshina T., Laitner J., Potashnikov V., Barinova V. (2018). The slow expansion of renewable energy in Russia: Competitiveness and regulation issues. Energy Policy, 120, 600-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.052
Search via ReFindit
Li M., Xu J., Xie H., Wang Y. (2018). Transport biofuels technological paradigm based conversion approaches towards a bio-electric energy framework. Energy Conversion and Management, 172, 554-566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.07.049
Search via ReFindit
Marques A., Fuinhas J. (2012). Is renewable energy effective in promoting growth?. Energy Policy, 46(1), 434-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.006
Search via ReFindit
Moe E. (2012). Vested interests, energy efficiency and renewables in Japan. Energy Policy, 40(1), 260-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.070
Search via ReFindit
Olkkonen V., Syri S. (2016). Spatial and temporal variations of marginal electricity generation: the case of the Finnish, Nordic, and European energy systems up to 2030. Journal of Cleaner Production, 126, 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.112
Search via ReFindit
Paz Espinosa M., Pizarro-Irizar C. (2018). Is renewable energy a cost-effective mitigation resource? An application to the Spanish electricity market. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 94, 902-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.065
Search via ReFindit
Pisacane V.L. (2014). Space Systems Engineering. In: Macdonald M., Badescu V. (eds) The International Handbook of Space Technology. (pp 143-163). Springer Praxis Books, Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41101-4_7
Search via ReFindit
Proskuryakova L., Ermolenko G. (2019). The future of Russia’s renewable energy sector: Trends, scenarios and policies. Renewable Energy, 143, 1670-1686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.096
Search via ReFindit
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century. (2019). Renewables 2016 Global Status Report. https://www.ren21.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/REN21_GSR2016_FullReport_en_11.pdf
Search via ReFindit
Sadorsky P. (2012). Information communication technology and electricity consumption in emerging economies. Energy Policy, 48, 130-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.064
Search via ReFindit
Saidi K., Toumi H., Zaidi S. (2017). Impact of information communication technology and economic growth on the electricity consumption: Empirical evidence from 67 countries. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 8(3), 789-803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-015-0276-1
Search via ReFindit
Sharmina M. (2017). Low-carbon scenarios for Russia's energy system: A participative backcasting approach. Energy Policy, 104, 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.009
Search via ReFindit
Shepovalova O. (2015). Energy Saving, Implementation of Solar Energy and Other Renewable Energy Sources for Energy Supply in Rural Areas of Russia. Energy Procedia, 74, 1551-1560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.718
Search via ReFindit
Statista. (2018). Primary Energy Consumption in Russia between 2010 and 2017, by Fuel (In Million Metric Tons of Oil Equivalent). https://www.statista.com/statistics/265611/primary-energy-consumption-in-russia-by-fuel/
Search via ReFindit
Sun X., Zhou X., Chen Z., Yang Y. (2019). Environmental efficiency of electric power industry, market segmentation and technological innovation: Empirical evidence from China. Science of The Total Environment, 135749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135749
Search via ReFindit
Velkin V. I. (2014). Research efficiency of complex systems with spread spectrum renewable energy for electric power supply decentralized objects in Russia. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 190(1), 437-444. https://doi.org/10.2495/EQ140421
Search via ReFindit
von Weizsäcker E.U., Lovins A.B., Lovins L.H. (2014). Factor Four: Doubling Wealth—Halving Resource Use: A New Report to the Club of Rome. In: von Weizsäcker E. (eds). SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 28. (pp 127-141). Springer: Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03662-5_11
Search via ReFindit
Vylegzhanin V. (2015). General considerations of the analysis of the Kuzbass retrospective. Gornyi Mountain information and analytical Bulletin, 1, 152-163. http://www.giab-online.ru/files/Data/2015/01/23_152-163_Vylegzhanin.pdf
Search via ReFindit
Wang J., Hu M., Tukker A., Rodrigues J. (2019). The impact of regional convergence in energy-intensive industries on China's CO2 emissions and emission goals. Energy Economics, 80, 512-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.01.024
Search via ReFindit
Wiser R. (2007). Can deployment of renewable energy put downward pressure on natural gas prices?. Energy Policy, 35(1), 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.11.021
Search via ReFindit
World Energy Council. (2016). World energy resources 2016. https://www.worldenergy.org/assets/images/imported/2016/10/World-Energy-Resources-Full-report-2016.10.03.pdf
Search via ReFindit
Yoo S-H. (2003). Does information technology contributed to economic growth in developing countries? A cross-country analysis. Applied Economics Letters, 11(10), 679-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350485032000138971
Search via ReFindit
Zhang F., Wang C., Xie G., Kong W., Jin S., Hu J., Chen X. (2018). Projection of global wind and solar resources over land in the 21st century. Global Energy Interconnection, 1(4), 443-451. https://doi.org/10.14171/j.2096-5117.gei.2018.04.004
Search via ReFindit
Zheng Hong-Hao, Wang Zheng-Xin (2019). Measurement and comparison of export sophistication of the new energy industry in 30 countries during 2000–2015, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 108, 140-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.03.038
Search via ReFindit
RSS 1.0
