Renewable Energy Consumption Shocks on CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth of Nigeria

This study extends previous environmental sustainability literature by investigating the joint impact of economic growth and renewable energy on reducing CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia over the period 1990–2016. Using the fully modified ordinary least-square (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least-square DOLS estimators, we find that economic growth increases CO2 emissions in all estimated models. Moreover, the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is only supported for CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption. The invalidity of the EKC hypothesis in the most commonly used models implies that economic growth alone is not sufficient to enhance environmental quality. Renewable energy is found to have a weak influence on reducing the indicators of environmental degradation. We also find that the joint impact of renewable energy consumption and economic growth on the indicators of CO2 emissions is negative and insignificant for all the estimated models, meaning that the level of renewable energy consumption in Saudi Arabia is not sufficient to moderate the negative effect of economic growth on environmental quality. Implications for policy are also discussed.

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CO2 Emissions, Energy Consumption, and Economic Growth: New Evidence in the ASEAN Countries

Journal of Risk and Financial Management ◽

10.3390/jrfm12030145 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 145 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Vo ◽

Le

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Granger Causality ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Causal Effect ◽

The Philippines ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Long Run

The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have made several attempts to adopt renewable energy targets given the economic, energy-related, environmental challenges faced by the governments, policy makers, and stakeholders. However, previous studies have focused limited attention on the role of renewable energy when testing the dynamic link between CO2 emissions, energy consumption and renewable energy consumption. As such, this study is conducted to test a common hypothesis regarding a long-run environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). The paper also investigates the causal link between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy, population growth, and economic growth for countries in the region. Using various time-series econometrics approaches, our analysis covers five ASEAN members (including Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand) for the 1971–2014 period where required data are available. Our results reveal no long-run relationship among the variables of interest in the Philippines and Thailand, but a relationship does exist in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia. The EKC hypothesis is observed in Myanmar but not in Indonesia and Malaysia. Also, Granger causality among these important variables varies considerably across the selected countries. No Granger causality among carbon emissions, energy consumption, and renewable energy consumption is reported in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Indonesia experiences a unidirectional causal effect from economic growth to renewable energy consumption in both short and long run and from economic growth to CO2 emissions and energy consumption. Interestingly, only Myanmar has a unidirectional effect from GDP growth, energy consumption, and population to the adoption of renewable energy. Policy implications have emerged based on the findings achieved from this study for each country in the ASEAN region.

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Linking between Renewable Energy, CO2 Emissions, and Economic Growth: Challenges for Candidates and Potential Candidates for the EU Membership

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11061528 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1528 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Yuriy Bilan ◽

Dalia Streimikiene ◽

Tetyana Vasylieva ◽

Oleksii Lyulyov ◽

Tetyana Pimonenko ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Panel Cointegration ◽

Potential Candidate ◽

Total Energy Consumption ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Eu Membership ◽

The Eu

This paper investigates the impact of renewable energy sources (RESs), CO2 emissions, macroeconomics, and the political stability in a country on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The authors analyse the dynamics of RESs use, CO2 emissions, and GDP development and also test the following hypotheses: (1) The country’s economic growth is related to the energy consumption, in terms of both human resources and capital; (2) the share of the renewable energy consumption of the total energy consumption has a positive impact on the economic growth; and (3) the share of the renewable energy consumption of the total energy consumption is unrelated to the economic growth. To test the above hypotheses, the authors use the modified Cobb-Douglas production function, which also considers RES production volumes, CO2 emissions, and economic growth. The study employs data between 1995 to 2015 from the candidate and potential candidate countries for the EU membership. The data are drawn from the World Bank and Eurostat. The analyses entail panel unit root tests, Pedroni panel cointegration tests, fully modified OLS (FMOLS), dynamic OLS (DOLS) panel cointegration techniques, and the Vector Error Correction model (VECM). The findings confirm the relationship between RESs, CO2 emissions, and the GDP. For the EU countries, RESs as human resources and capital have an impact on the GDP. Moreover, the results reveal a correction retraction when the economic growth leads to an increase in renewable energy consumption. The investigation also finds that candidate and potential candidate countries for the EU membership should foster renewable energy development. The authors conclude that developing affordable and effective instruments and mechanisms to boost the RES implementation is necessary to decrease the anthropogenic impact on the environment (in particular, decreasing CO2 emissions) without any attendant reduction in the economic growth.

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Panel estimation for renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, economic growth, CO2 emissions, the composite trade intensity, and financial openness of the commonwealth of independent states

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-018-1827-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (18) ◽

pp. 17354-17370 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Ehsan Rasoulinezhad ◽

Behnaz Saboori

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Trade Intensity ◽

Panel Estimation ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Financial Openness ◽

Commonwealth Of Independent States ◽

Independent States

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Causality links among renewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and economic growth in Africa: evidence from a panel ARDL-PMG approach

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-017-8850-7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (14) ◽

pp. 13036-13048 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Imed Attiaoui ◽

Hassen Toumi ◽

Bilel Ammouri ◽

Ilhem Gargouri

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Panel Ardl

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The effectiveness of Vietnamese policies response to climate change through ARDL analysis

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.46223/hcmcoujs.econ.en.11.2.1435.2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 42-52

Author(s):

Le Hoang Nghiem ◽

Dang Bac Hai ◽

Tran Thi Diem Nga ◽

Su Thi Oanh Hoa

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Economic Factor ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Long Run

Being a highly vulnerable country due to climate change, Vietnam has issued various climate policies while trying to keep the pace of economic growth. The study evaluates the effectiveness of these policies by examining the effect of economic and energy factors in the efforts of controlling CO2 emissions. Approach by Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) analysis, the model of a linear regression between CO2 emissions and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) & sources of energy consumption has been developed from 1985 to 2018. The study indicates that the economic factor as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a possible significant element to mitigate the emission. In addition, sources of energy consumption have the important role of controlling CO2 emissions. In the long run, the consumption of non - renewable energy is a positive and significant effect on CO2 emissions while renewable energy is vice versa. These outcomes show the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and renewable energy consumption factors lead to the decrease of CO2 emissions in the long run for Vietnam, which implies the co-exist of economic growth and decarbonization.

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Analysis of Spatial Effects in the Relationship between CO2 Emissions and Renewable Energy Consumption in the Context of Economic Growth

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14185829 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (18) ◽

pp. 5829

Author(s):

Mateusz Jankiewicz ◽

Elżbieta Szulc

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Indirect Effects ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Spatial Spillovers ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

The Relationship

The paper presents a spatial approach to the analysis of the relationship between air pollution, economic growth, and renewable energy consumption. The economic growth of every country is based on the energy consumption that leads to an increase in national productivity. Using renewable energy is very important for the environmental protection and security of the earth’s resources. Promoting environmentally friendly operations increases awareness of sustainable development, which is currently a major concern of state governments. In this study, we explored the influence of economic growth and the share of renewable energy out of total energy consumption on CO2 emissions. The study was based on the classical environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) and enriched with the spatial dependencies. In particular, we determined the spatial spillovers in the form of the indirect effects of changes in renewable energy consumption of a specific country on the CO2 emissions of neighboring countries. A neighborhood in this study was defined by ecological development similarity. The neighborhood matrix was constructed based on the values of the ecological footprint measure. We used the spatio-temporal Durbin model, with which the indirect effects were determined in relation to the spatially lagged renewable energy consumption. The results of our study also show the strength of the effects caused by imitating actions from the states with high levels of environmental protection. The study was conducted using data for 75 selected countries from the period of 2013–2019. Cumulative spatial and spatio-temporal effects allowed us to determine (1) the countries with the greatest impact on others and (2) the countries that follow the leading ones.

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