The economic and environmental impacts of UK offshore wind development: The importance of local content

摘要: Abstract We explore, through simulation of a purpose-built Input-Output model the UK, economic and emissions impacts likely future development UK’s offshore wind sector, with particular emphasis on importance local content. explore six scenarios, including two illustrative simulations potential impact Brexit find that does indeed generate policy “double dividend” in form simultaneous substantial reductions cumulative emissions, which each case exceed year total improvements activity (of nearly £30 billion increase value-added when 60% target for content is achieved). It also that, as anticipated, scale stimulus arising from directly strongly related to extent Future work could extend modelling relax supply side assumptions input-output modelling, disaggregate analysis by regions households allow assessment distribution both across income among household quintiles.