Socio-economic impact of photovoltaic park: The Giurgiu County rural area, Romania

Mocanu, Irena; Mitrică, Bianca; Persu, Mihaela

doi:10.3986/ags.4261

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“…non-irrigated arable land, artificial surfaces and pastures (Tab.1). National legislation is a key driving factor of the photovoltaic energy industry in Romania, also regulating the set-up of PV parks on different land use/cover categories [33]. The Government Emergency Ordinance no.57/2013 8 provisioned that, starting with 2014, the number of green certificates accredited to PV energy producers to be reduced, investors not being eligible to the support scheme if the PV parks are located on cultivable agricultural land.…”

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Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Photovoltaic Parks in the Centre Development Region. Romania

Vrînceanu¹,

Dumitrașcu²,

Mocanu³

et al. 2020

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Increasing the share of renewable energy has become one of the key actions Romania has assumed under the Europe 2020 strategy targets on climate change and energy (a.k.a. European 20-20-20 targets). Romania benefits from a wide variety of renewable energy sources (RES) -wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass. Among the RES types, solar resources have started to significantly contribute to the electricity mix. Thus, under the rapid transformation and growth of the renewable energy sector, understanding the impacts of Photovoltaic (PV) parks is essential to avoid the potential negative consequences. Hence, the current study is seeking to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of PV parks in Centre Development Region (CDR). The region is located in the central part of Romania covering 14.3% of the country's surface and holding nearly 12% of its population. It corresponds to the central and southern part of the Transylvanian Depression and the surrounding frame of the Carpathian Mountains. The evaluation relies on several environmental and socio-economic indicators. E.g. share of PV parks/land use category /main soil type; distance to forests, waters, Natura 2000; no. of jobs created during the construction/operation of the PV parks; the value of PV parks investment; the impact on the local budget. For the current assessment, 44 PV parks were identified and mapped covering a total area of 415 ha.

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