The Costs and Benefits of Renewable Energy in Scotland: Report to the Expert Group on Environmental Studies, 2012:5

Bergmann, A. and Hanley, N. (2012) The Costs and Benefits of Renewable Energy in Scotland: Report to the Expert Group on Environmental Studies, 2012:5. Other. Ministry of Finance of the Government of Sweden.

Abstract

This report is concerned with the application of cost-benefit analysis to issues of renewable energy development. We focus on experience in Scotland, a country which has experienced very rapid increases in new renewables capacity in recent years, and which has set world-leading targets for renewable energy as part of climate change and economic development policies. The effects of policy instruments used to incentivise renewable energy are outlined, and information on the wider economic consequences of renewables expansion is presented. The report explains how the environmental impacts (positive and negative) of renewable energy can be included within a cost-benefit analysis, and provides examples of studies which have estimated this environmental costs and benefits in monetary terms. The final section of the report suggests some lessons which Sweden can learn from the Scottish experience.

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Other)
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hanley, Professor Nicholas
• Authors: Bergmann, A., and Hanley, N.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
• Publisher: Ministry of Finance of the Government of Sweden