Biomass energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions: Fresh evidence from West Africa using a simultaneous equation model

Adewuyi, Adeolu O.; Awodumi, Olabanji Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.12.059

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“…Under an ascending economic trend, an economic system's improvements in energy efficiency leads to a decline in carbon emissions (Kasperowicz, 2015;Sinha et al, 2017). Our findings confirm that along the course of economic growth, an effective pollution control policy will reduce CO2 emissions by means of clean energy use (Bilgili, 2012;Lin and Moubarak, 2014;Adewuyi and Awodumi, 2017). Figure 2 presents the conceptual scheme.…”

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confidence: 65%

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Foreign direct Investment–CO2 emissions nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of biomass energy consumption

Shahbaz

Balsalobre‐Lorente

Sinha³

2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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This study examines the association between foreign direct investment (FDI) and carbon emissions for the Middle East and North African (MENA) region in 1990-2015, including biomass energy consumption as an additional determinant of carbon emissions. We apply the generalized method of moments (GMM) to validate the existence of the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH). The N-shaped association is also validated between FDI and carbon emissions. The link between economic growth and carbon emissions is inverted-U and N-shaped; that is, it satisfies the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypotheses. Biomass energy use lowers carbon emissions, and the causality analysis reveals that FDI causes CO2 emissions. Clearly, the results confirm the existence of a feedback effect between economic growth and carbon emissions. The connection between biomass energy use and CO2 emissions is also bidirectional. The empirical findings suggest policy makers to design comprehensive trade and energy policies by targeting the cleaner production practices, for not only to ensure environmental sustainability, but also to fulfil the objectives of sustainable development goals.

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Section: Discussion Of Empirical Resultssupporting

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“…(2017) contradicts this. Mixed results are observed by Adewuyi and Awodumi (2017) in selected African countries. For some countries, biomass energy use adversely affects carbon emissions, while in other countries, the impact is trivial.…”

Section: Biomass Energy Use and Economic Growth-co2 Emissions Relatiomentioning

confidence: 92%

Foreign direct Investment–CO2 emissions nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of biomass energy consumption

Shahbaz

Balsalobre‐Lorente

Sinha³

2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

481

174

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“…Since energy plays a vital role in the key inputs of labor and capital, energy should be regarded as an important input in the production process. In this study, an enhanced endogenous growth model [46] is used to describe the role of physical capital (K), the labor force (L), human capital (H), energy (E), and system efficiency (A). System efficiency is the ability to improve environmental quality by reducing CO 2 emissions in some ways.…”

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Do Real Output and Renewable Energy Consumption Affect CO2 Emissions? Evidence for Selected BRICS Countries

Liu

Ren

et al. 2020

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Climate change is one of the most important global problems faced by the international community. It is generally believed that increasing the consumption of renewable energy is an effective measure to promote CO2 emissions reduction. Therefore, renewable energy consumption has become one of the best alternative strategies for sustainable development. Based on this, this paper employs the 3SLS model to conduct an empirical study on the relations among real output, renewable energy consumption, and CO2 emissions of BRICS countries (except Russia) in 1999–2014. The empirical results support, for BRICS group, the complete tri-variate relationships (energy-output-emission nexus), and renewable energy had a significant positive impact on the real output, and vice versa. Besides, compared with other countries, Brazil also has the same tri-variate relationships as BRICS group. However, China has no relationship from real output to renewable energy consumption and from real output to CO2 emissions; India does not have the relationship from real output to renewable energy consumption and the bilateral relationship between real output and CO2 emissions; the relationship between variables in South Africa only occurs in the energy output chain. Finally, according to the estimation results of the simultaneous equation, the BRICs governments should consider the importance of human capital level and financial development when controlling the real output level and pollution. In addition, it should be noted that effective energy policies help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions without compromising real output.

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“…Adewuyi et al . studied the possible relationship between biomass energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon emissions in West Africa during 1980–2010, and their results showed that a complete significant interactive relationship exists among gross domestic product, biomass consumption, and carbon emission in five West African countries, and there are partial significant relations between the variables in the rest of the West African countries.…”

Section: Economic Aspectsmentioning

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An overview of the environmental, economic, and material developments of the solar and wind sources coupled with the energy storage systems

et al. 2017

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Summary There is a constant growth in energy consumption and consequently energy generation around the world. During the recent decades, renewable energy sources took heed of scientists and policy makers as a remedy for substituting traditional sources. Wind and photovoltaic (PV) are the least reliable sources because of their dependence on wind speed and irradiance and therefore their intermittent nature. Energy storage systems are usually coupled with these sources to increase the reliability of the hybrid system. Environmental effects are one of the biggest concerns associated with the renewable energy sources. This study summarizes the last and most important environmental and economic analysis of a grid‐connected hybrid network consisting of wind turbine, PV panels, and energy storage systems. Focusing on environmental aspects, this paper reviews land efficiency, shaded analysis of wind turbines and PV panels, greenhouse gas emission, wastes of wind turbine and PV panels' components, fossil fuel consumption, wildlife, sensitive ecosystems, health benefits, and so on. A cost analysis of the energy generated by a hybrid system has been discussed. Furthermore, this study reviews the latest technologies for materials that have been used for solar PV manufacturing. This paper can help to make a right decision considering all aspects of installing a hybrid system. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Biomass energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions: Fresh evidence from West Africa using a simultaneous equation model

Cited by 219 publications

References 63 publications

Foreign direct Investment–CO2 emissions nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of biomass energy consumption

Foreign direct Investment–CO2 emissions nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of biomass energy consumption

Do Real Output and Renewable Energy Consumption Affect CO2 Emissions? Evidence for Selected BRICS Countries

An overview of the environmental, economic, and material developments of the solar and wind sources coupled with the energy storage systems

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