IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/loceco/v38y2023i5p506-517.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Green hydrogen and linkage-based development in Antofagasta, Chile

Author

Listed:
  • Sören Scholvin

Abstract

The green hydrogen industry will grow tremendously in the coming decades. Peripheral regions in the Global South that offer favourable natural conditions for renewable energies are expected to become nodes of emerging global value chains. This has led to high expectations with regard to development impulses. The paper assesses the prospects of linkage-based development in the region of Antofagasta, Chile. Against the backdrop of expert interviews, secondary sources and insights gained at the first meeting of the region’s green hydrogen committee, the author cautions against being overly optimistic. The green hydrogen industry in Antofagasta benefits from horizontal linkages with the mining sector and related externalities. There are prospects for forward linkages with mining and also chemicals production. Backward linkages will, most likely, be limited to generic, low value-adding tasks. This restricts industrial diversification and upgrading by suppliers. Being capital intensive, the green hydrogen industry will not create many jobs. Through taxation, the region and especially small municipalities may gain access to additional revenues though.

Suggested Citation

  • Sören Scholvin, 2023. "Green hydrogen and linkage-based development in Antofagasta, Chile," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 38(5), pages 506-517, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:38:y:2023:i:5:p:506-517
    DOI: 10.1177/02690942241230450
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02690942241230450
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/02690942241230450?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Galván, Antonio & Haas, Jannik & Moreno-Leiva, Simón & Osorio-Aravena, Juan Carlos & Nowak, Wolfgang & Palma-Benke, Rodrigo & Breyer, Christian, 2022. "Exporting sunshine: Planning South America’s electricity transition with green hydrogen," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 325(C).
    2. Eduardo Bidaurratzaga Aurre & Artur Colom Jaén, 2019. "Mozambique’s Megaproject-Based Economic Model: Still Struggling with Uneven Development?," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Sören Scholvin & Anthony Black & Javier Revilla Diez & Ivan Turok (ed.), Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa, pages 95-113, Springer.
    3. Moritz Breul & Javier Revilla Diez, 2021. "“One thing leads to another”, but where? – Gateway cities and the geography of production linkages," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 29-47, March.
    4. Martín Arias & Miguel Atienza & Jan Cademartori, 2014. "Large mining enterprises and regional development in Chile: between the enclave and cluster," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(1), pages 73-95, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Irarrazaval, Felipe, 2022. "Social protest at mining territories: Examining contentious politics at mining districts in Chile," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    2. Miguel Atienza & Martín Arias‐Loyola & Nicholas Phelps, 2021. "Gateways or backdoors to development? Filtering mechanisms and territorial embeddedness in the Chilean copper GPN’s urban system," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 88-110, March.
    3. Thomas Goda & Alejandro Torres, 2013. "Overvaluation of the real exchange rate and the Dutch Disease: the Colombian case," Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público 10930, Universidad EAFIT.
    4. Sören Scholvin & Moritz Breul & Javier Revilla Diez & Andrés Rodríguez Pose, 2021. "Introduction: Nodes in global networks," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 4-11, March.
    5. Miguel Atienza & Patricio Aroca & Robert Stimson & Roger Stough, 2016. "Are vertical linkages promoting the creation of a mining cluster in Chile? An analysis of the SMEs' practices along the supply chain," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 34(1), pages 171-187, February.
    6. Pietrobelli, Carlo & Marin, Anabel & Olivari, Jocelyn, 2018. "Innovation in mining value chains: New evidence from Latin America," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 1-10.
    7. Devenin, Verónica, 2021. "Collaborative community development in mining regions: The Calama Plus and Creo Antofagasta programs in Chile," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    8. Álvarez, Roberto & García-Marín, Álvaro & Ilabaca, Sebastián, 2021. "Commodity price shocks and poverty reduction in Chile," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    9. Iizuka, Michiko & Pietrobelli, Carlo & Vargas, Fernando, 2019. "The Potential for innovation in mining value chains. Evidence from Latin America," MERIT Working Papers 2019-033, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    10. Thomas Goda & Alejandro Torres García, 2015. "Flujos de capital, recursos naturales y enfermedad holandesa: el caso colombiano," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, vol. 33(78), pages 197-206, December.
    11. Gregory, Gillian H., 2021. "Rendering mine closure governable and constraints to inclusive development in the Andean region," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    12. Guridi, Jose A. & Pertuze, Julio A. & Pfotenhauer, Sebastian M., 2020. "Natural laboratories as policy instruments for technological learning and institutional capacity building: The case of Chile's astronomy cluster," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(2).
    13. Galimova, Tansu & Satymov, Rasul & Keiner, Dominik & Breyer, Christian, 2024. "Sustainable energy transition of Greenland and its prospects as a potential Arctic e-fuel and e-chemical export hub for Europe and East Asia," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 286(C).
    14. Ghebrihiwet, Nahom, 2019. "FDI technology spillovers in the mining industry: Lessons from South Africa's mining sector," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 463-471.
    15. Gerardo Castillo & David Brereton, 2018. "Large‐scale mining, spatial mobility, place‐making and development in the Peruvian Andes," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(5), pages 461-470, September.
    16. Angelo Antoci & Paolo Russu & Elisa Ticci, 2019. "Mining and Local Economies: Dilemma between Environmental Protection and Job Opportunities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-21, November.
    17. Orihuela, José Carlos & Gamarra-Echenique, Victor, 2020. "Fading local effects: boom and bust evidence from a Peruvian gold mine," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(2), pages 182-203, April.
    18. Bravo-Ortega, Claudio & Muñoz, Leonardo, 2021. "Mining services suppliers in Chile: A regional approach (or lack of it) for their development," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    19. Oyarzo, Mauricio & Paredes, Dusan, 2019. "Revisiting the link between resource windfalls and subnational crowding out for local mining economies in Chile," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    20. Atienza, Miguel & Lufin, Marcelo & Soto, Juan, 2021. "Mining linkages in the Chilean copper supply network and regional economic development," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:38:y:2023:i:5:p:506-517. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/index.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.