Fossil & renewable energy consumption, GHGs (greenhouse gases) and economic growth: Evidence from a panel of EU (European Union) countries
Fossil & renewable energy consumption, GHGs (greenhouse gases) and economic growth: Evidence from a panel of EU (European Union) countries
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.energy.2014.07.008
复制
发表时间：
2014-09-01
期刊：
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
Mert, Mehmet
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Boluk, Gulden;Mert, Mehmet
最近，对环境退化的某些指标与收入之间的关系进行了大量的实证研究。EKC（环境库兹涅茨曲线）假设已被用于各种类型的环境退化。环境KC假说指出，环境退化与人均收入之间的关系呈倒U形。在本文中，EKC假说进行了调查，在16个欧盟（欧盟）国家的碳排放量，收入和能源消费之间的关系。我们对1990-2008年期间的面板数据进行了分析，通过使用其中心值修复解释变量之间的多重共线性问题。本文的主要贡献是，EKC假说已被调查的最终能源消费分为可再生能源和化石燃料的能源消费。不幸的是，倒U型关系（EKC）并不适用于16个欧盟国家的碳排放。另一个重要的发现是，就欧盟国家的温室气体排放而言，可再生能源消费每单位能源消耗的贡献比化石能源消费少约1/2。这意味着能源消费组合转向替代性可再生能源技术可能会减少温室气体排放。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Recently a great number of empirical research studies have been conducted on the relationship between certain indicators of environmental degradation and income. The EKC (Environmental Kuznets Curve) hypothesis has been tested for various types of environmental degradation. The EKC hypothesis states that the relationship between environmental degradation and income per capita takes the form of an inverted U shape. In this paper the EKC hypothesis was investigated with regards to the relationship between carbon emissions, income and energy consumption in 16 EU (European Union) countries. We conducted panel data analysis for the period of 1990-2008 by fixing the multicollinearity problem between the explanatory variables using their centered values. The main contribution of this paper is that the EKC hypothesis has been investigated by separating final energy consumption into renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption. Unfortunately, the inverted U-shape relationship (EKC) does not hold for carbon emissions in the 16 EU countries. The other important finding is that renewable energy consumption contributes around 1/2 less per unit of energy consumed than fossil energy consumption in terms of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in EU countries. This implies that a shift in energy consumption mix towards alternative renewable energy technologies might decrease the GHG emissions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.