INSTITUTIONAL FACTOR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN BELGOROD REGION
Abstract
Over the past few years in line with the global trends of transition to the concept of sustainable development more and more countries around the world began to pay close attention to the development of renewable energy. Russia is not an exception in this context. Despite the fact that the total installed capacity in Russia is still not so great, some regions of the country are actively developing certain areas of renewable energy using the international experience. The article presents a geographical analysis of renewable energy in Russia on an example of the Belgorod region as a region, where the development of energy sector was primarily due to the influence of institutional factors. The paper studies the factors that affect the development of renewable energy sub-sectors (wind, solar and bio-energy) as well as the specific features of their territorial pattern The study based on the original sources and official documents allowed to draw a conclusion that it is the combination of traditional industry (agrobusiness), modern technology and the personal interest of the Governor under the influence of an external factor (energy shortage), that created conditions for the transformation of renewable energy into a fully competitive industry inside the fuel and energy complex.
About the Author
V. V. Akimova
Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Social-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, postgraduate student.
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Social-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, postgraduate student.
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Akimova V.V. INSTITUTIONAL FACTOR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN BELGOROD REGION. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2017;(6):18-24. (In Russ.)
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