By 2030 Austria aims to meet %DIFDELCMD < 100{\percent} %%%  of its electricity demand from domestic renewable sources, predominantly from wind and solar energy. While wind power reduces %DIFDELCMD < \COO %%%  emissions, it is also connected to negative impacts at the local level . such as interference with landscape aesthetics. Nevertheless, wind power comes at lower system integration cost than solar power, so that it effectively reduces system cost. We quantify the opportunity cost of replacing wind turbines with solar power, using the power system model medea. Our findings suggest that these cost of undisturbed landscapes are considerable, particularly when PV is not entirely rolled out as utility scale, open space installations. The opportunity cost is likely high enough to allow for significant compensation of the ones affected by local wind turbine externalities.
By 2030 Austria aims to meet %DIFDELCMD < 100{\percent} %%% 100\% of its electricity demand from domestic renewable sources, predominantly from wind and solar energy. While wind power reduces %DIFDELCMD < \COO %%% CO2 emissions, it is also connected to negative impacts at the local level , such as interference with landscape aesthetics. Nevertheless, wind power comes at lower system integration cost than solar power, so that it effectively reduces system cost. We quantify the opportunity cost of replacing wind turbines with solar power, using the power system model medea. Our findings suggest that these cost of undisturbed landscapes are considerable, particularly when PV is not entirely rolled out as utility scale, open space installations. The opportunity cost is likely high enough to allow for significant compensation of the ones affected by local wind turbine externalities.
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