Regional electricity generation and employment in UK regions. Issue 3 (4th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bryan, Jane; Evans, Neil; Jones, Calvin; Munday, Max
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 51:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 414
• Page End: 425
• Publication Date: 2017-03-04
• Subjects: regional employment -- electricity production -- Wales; 区域就业 -- 电力生产 -- 威尔士; emploi régional -- production électrique -- Pays de Galles; Regionale Beschäftigung -- Stromerzeugung -- Wales; empleo regional -- producción de electricidad -- Gales; Q -- Q4 -- Q40 -- R -- R1 -- R5 -- R11 -- R58; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1101516
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Regional electricity generation and employment in UK regions. Regional Studies . A number of electricity-generation technologies reduce carbon emissions, but with different economic and employment effects, partly consequent on how far generation capacity supports regional supply chains. In devolved regions these issues are important because of the role given to renewable electricity generation in economic development strategies. This paper analyses the regional employment supported by different electricity-generation technologies, illustrating trade-offs between generation scale and employment intensity, and shows that the regional employment supported under all pathways is modest compared with the regional economic scale. The policy implications are investigated.