The health benefits of solar power generation: Evidence from Chile

IF 5.5 3区 经济学 Q1 BUSINESS Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI:10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102999
Nathaly M. Rivera , J. Cristobal Ruiz-Tagle , Elisheba Spiller
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Renewable energy can yield social benefits through local air quality improvements and their subsequent effects on human health. We estimate some of these benefits using data gathered during the rapid adoption of large-scale solar power generation in Chile over the last decade. Relying on exogenous variation from solar irradiation and incremental solar generation capacity over time, we find that solar energy displaces coal generation and curtails hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases. These effects are largely manifested in cities downwind of and near coal plants that are displaced by the introduction of new solar. The reduction in exposure to air pollution from these displaced coal plants seems to be driving this relationship. Our results help quantify the health benefits that can be achieved through greater renewable energy investments.

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太阳能发电对健康的益处:智利的证据
可再生能源可通过改善当地空气质量及其对人类健康的影响产生社会效益。我们利用过去十年智利快速采用大规模太阳能发电期间收集的数据,对其中一些效益进行了估算。依靠太阳辐照和太阳能发电能力随时间递增的外生变化,我们发现太阳能取代了煤炭发电,并减少了因呼吸道疾病入院的人数。这些影响主要体现在煤电厂的下风向和附近的城市,这些煤电厂因引入新的太阳能而被取代。这些被取代的煤电厂所造成的空气污染的减少似乎是这一关系的驱动因素。我们的研究结果有助于量化通过增加可再生能源投资所带来的健康益处。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management publishes theoretical and empirical papers devoted to specific natural resources and environmental issues. For consideration, papers should (1) contain a substantial element embodying the linkage between economic systems and environmental and natural resources systems or (2) be of substantial importance in understanding the management and/or social control of the economy in its relations with the natural environment. Although the general orientation of the journal is toward economics, interdisciplinary papers by researchers in other fields of interest to resource and environmental economists will be welcomed.
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