Siting Locally-Unwanted Facilities: What Can Be Learnt from the Location of Italian Power Plants
Siting Locally-Unwanted Facilities: What Can Be Learnt from the Location of Italian Power Plants
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DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.1610127
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发表时间：
2011-01
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P. Garrone;A. Groppi
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作者：
P. Garrone;A. Groppi
社区对能源设施发展的反应是基于投资对环境的影响，但它也反映了居民参与集体行动的事前倾向。在这项工作中，我们审查了意大利电力生产商对新建热电厂的授权请求，目的是测试基于市场的选址政策的效率。传统的区位因素，如基础设施的可用性，已被证实发挥了作用，并且有微弱的证据表明，授权要求针对的是遭受较少环境破坏的社区。然而，我们的研究结果也表明，如果电力生产商拥有一个高度活跃的社区，他们可能会避免潜在的合适地点。本文还讨论了一些关于选址政策的修改，这些修改可以改善社区反应与新能源设施环境成本之间的一致性。
The reaction of communities to the development of energy facilities is based on the environmental impact of the investment, but it also reflects the ex-ante propensity of residents to engage in collective actions. In this work we have examined the requests of authorization of Italian power producers for new thermal plants with the purpose of testing the efficiency of market-based siting policies. The classical location factors, e.g., infrastructure availability, have been confirmed to play a role, and there is a weak evidence that authorization demands have targeted communities that suffer less environmental damage. However our findings have also revealed that power producers are likely to avoid potentially suitable sites if they host a highly activistic community. The paper also discusses some modifications concerning siting policies that could improve the alignment between community responses and the environmental costs of new energy facilities.