Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Madrid Campus), Calle de Arturo Soria 245, 28033 Madrid, Spain.
La Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad, Calle del Marqués de la Ensenada 14, Primera Planta, Oficina 15, 28004 Madrid, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 2;19(15):9493. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159493.
This paper analyzes the Spanish energy transition's general situation and its increasing electricity prices in recent years from a free-market environmentalist (FME) approach. We hypothesize and argue that high taxes, high government subsidies, and government industrial access restrictions breach private property rights, hindering Spain's renewable energy (RE) development. Our paper discovers that Spain's state-interventionist policies have increased the cost of the energy and power industries, leading to electricity prices remaining relatively high before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the literature on the FME approach and Spain's case, a Box-Jenkins (ARIMA) model is used to clarify the economic performance of the Spanish electricity industry with a proposal for forecasting electricity prices. It is observed that Spain fails the EU and its national goal of providing an affordable energy price as a part of the green energy transition. Finally, free-market environmental solutions and policy reforms are proposed to facilitate Spain's energy transition.
本文从自由市场环保主义者（FME）的角度分析了西班牙能源转型的概况及其近年来电价上涨的原因。我们假设并认为，高税收、高额政府补贴和政府产业准入限制侵犯了私人产权，阻碍了西班牙可再生能源（RE）的发展。我们的论文发现，西班牙的国家干预政策增加了能源和电力行业的成本，导致 COVID-19 疫情前后电价相对较高。在回顾了 FME 方法和西班牙案例的文献后，使用 Box-Jenkins（ARIMA）模型阐明了西班牙电力行业的经济表现，并提出了预测电价的建议。结果表明，西班牙未能实现欧盟及其作为绿色能源转型一部分的提供负担得起的能源价格的国家目标。最后，提出了自由市场环保解决方案和政策改革，以促进西班牙的能源转型。
