160932 20251017144632.0 doi 10.1111/jors.12775 sideral 144026 ART-2025-144026 eng García-Riazuelo, Álvaro Universidad de Zaragoza The Long‐term Socioeconomic Impacts of Renewable Energy Deployment: Lessons From Case Studies in European Rural Regions 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The new environmental and geopolitical situation has led to the need for a change in the current energy model. The infrastructures associated with renewable energies may represent an opportunity for economic growth, employment generation, and population recovery in rural territories. This study evaluates the retrospective long‐term impacts that renewable energy installations have had on several rural regions in Europe. To that end, we develop a novel database on the annual installed capacity of renewables for European NUTS2 regions. This includes data on wind and photovoltaic energy, allowing us to capture both the scale and growth of renewable energy infrastructure over time in European regions. The data set spans multiple decades. Finally, we evaluate the socioeconomic effects these installations have on Europe's renewable energy capacity intensive rural regions analysing the different intra‐ and interregional impacts, using the Synthetic Control Method. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S40-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HORIZON EUROPE/101137905/EU/Pathways to(wards) carbon neutrality for climate, environment, health and socio-economic co-benefits (PANTHEON)/PANTHEON info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICIU/PID2022-140010OB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Duarte, Rosa Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3113-1698 Sarasa, Cristina Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4802-600X 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico (2025), [24 pp.] J. reg. sci. JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 0022-4146 1189223 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/160932/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2390306 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/160932/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:160932 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:26:46 ARTICLE