Renewable electricity and sustainable development goals in the EU

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Karimu, Amin

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104693

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“…In contrast, renewable energy sources are cleaner, inexhaustible, and environmental friendly, and less affected by geopolitical risks (Adedoyin et al, 2021;Pata, 2020). Most research nd that renewable energy consumption reduces carbon dioxide emissions and plays an important role in achieving sustainable development goals (Adams and Acheampon, 2019;Khan et al, 2020;Vural, 2020;Swain and Karimu, 2020;Wang et al, 2020). On the role of energy intensity, lowering the energy intensity or increasing the energy e ciency is considered a major solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions (Neagu, 2019;Talaei et al, 2018;Worrell et al, 2001).…”

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Environmental quality and the role of economic policy uncertainty, economic complexity, renewable energy, energy intensity: the case of G7 countries

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2021

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This study explores the environmental impacts of economic policy uncertainty, economic complexity, renewable energy, and energy intensity for G7 countries. To this end, the study employs Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares and fixed effect model with Driscoll and Kraay (1998) robust standard errors for a panel dataset from 1997 to 2015. The findings demonstrate a long-term relationship between interested variables and carbon dioxide emissions and ecological footprint. Specifically, high energy intensity propels environmental pollution while economic policy uncertainty and renewable energy prove effective in controlling environmental degradation. The environmental Kuznet curve of economic complexity and environmental quality holds for G7 countries. Moreover, economic policy uncertainty strongly moderates the environmental effect of renewable energy, economic complexity, and energy intensity. While economic policy uncertainty amplifies the beneficial environmental effects of renewable energy and economic complexity, it magnifies the harmful effect of energy intensity on environmental quality. These empirical outcomes allow us to draw useful implications for policymakers to mitigate the environmental degradation.

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Environmental quality and the role of economic policy uncertainty, economic complexity, renewable energy, energy intensity: the case of G7 countries

Chu

2021

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“…A transition orbiting on a lignite phase-out in parallel with technologies driven by climate action is a major step towards affordable, reliable and modern energy (Swain and Karimu 2020); this is especially true for an economy heavily locked-in like Greece.…”

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Sustainable and socially just transition to a post-lignite era in Greece: a multi-level perspective

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Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy

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“…The process of obtaining energy resources also causes high emissions of harmful gases and pollutants [29,30]. An alternative that can improve this situation involves renewable energy [31][32][33]. Its development, and thus an increase in the share of energy produced from these sources in the entire energy production, will be the basis for achieving the assumed goals of Europe's climate neutrality by 2050.…”

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Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources

2020

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The European Union (EU) countries, as one of the most economically developed regions in the world, are taking increasingly decisive actions to reduce the emission of harmful substances into the natural environment. This can be exemplified by a new climate strategy referred to as “The European Green Deal”. Its basic assumption is that the EU countries will have achieved climate neutrality by 2050. To do so, it is necessary to make an energy transition involving the widest possible use of renewable energy sources (RES) for energy production. However, activities in this area should be preceded by analyses due to the large diversity of the EU countries in terms of economic development, the number of inhabitants and their wealth as well as geographical location and area. The results of such analyses should support the implementation of adopted strategies. In order to assess the current state of the energy sector in the EU and indicate future directions of activities, research was carried out to analyze the structure and volume of energy production from RES in the EU countries. The aim of the study was to divide the EU countries into similar groups by the structure and volume of energy production from RES. This production was compared with the number of inhabitants of each EU country, its area and the value of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This approach allows a new and broader view of the structure of energy production from RES and creates an opportunity to take into account additional factors when developing and implementing new climate strategies. The k-means algorithm was used for the analysis. The presented analyses and obtained results constitute a new approach to studying the diversified energy market in the EU. The results should be used for the development of a common energy and climate policy and economic integration of the EU countries.

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Renewable electricity and sustainable development goals in the EU

Cited by 129 publications

References 24 publications

Environmental quality and the role of economic policy uncertainty, economic complexity, renewable energy, energy intensity: the case of G7 countries

Environmental quality and the role of economic policy uncertainty, economic complexity, renewable energy, energy intensity: the case of G7 countries

Sustainable and socially just transition to a post-lignite era in Greece: a multi-level perspective

Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources

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