Land, water and energy: the crossing of governance

San Juan, Carlos; Armario  Benitez, Julia I.

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Land, water and energy: the crossing of governance

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Economía	es
dc.contributor.author	San Juan, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Armario Benitez, Julia I.
dc.contributor.editor	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía	es
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-23T15:14:23Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-23T15:14:23Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11-23
dc.description.abstract	The paper focusses on the impact on dryland ecosystems of conflicting governance in the regulations of land use, water for irrigation and electric energy from photovoltaic installations(PV). The research uses the empirical results of a panel data model based on long time series that enable sensitivity of the main crops to energy cost and the viability of the solar panel system connected to the grid to be identified. We present evidence of the private and social benefits of investments in PV to improve the gross margin of farmers and decrease the carbon footprint of the irrigated areas. Relevant regional disparities in the sensitivity of the main crops explain the regional competition for low-cost water resources and the social conflicts associated with water governance. The Feed-In Tariff system for a PV system is evaluated as a tool to reach clean energy targets and preserve the populations working and living in irrigated drylands. An evaluation of the water desalination plants based on PV is analysed as an alternative to balance the hydric resources of intensive irrigated systems. The main conclusion is that coordinated regulation in energy and water policies may improve farmers' profitability and accelerate the speed in reaching environmental targets in drylands.	en
dc.identifier.issn	2340-5031
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31463
dc.identifier.uxxi	DT/0000001851	es
dc.language.iso	eng	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper. Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	20-11
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.other	Irrigation	en
dc.subject.other	Photovoltaic Systems	en
dc.subject.other	Fit Tariffs	en
dc.subject.other	Profitability of Irrigated Crops	en
dc.subject.other	Adaptation to Climate Change	en
dc.subject.other	Regional Gross Margin	en
dc.title	Land, water and energy: the crossing of governance	en
dc.type	working paper	*
dspace.entity.type	Publication