On the causal dynamics between emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and economic growth ☆

By N. Apergis, James E. Payne, Kojo Menyah, Y. Wolde‐Rufael. 2010

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This paper examines the causal relationship between CO2 emissions, nuclear energy consumption, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth for a group of 19 developed and developing countries for the period 1984-2007 using a panel error correction model. The long-run estimates indicate that there is a statistically significant negative association between nuclear energy consumption and emissions, but a statistically significant positive relationship between emissions and renewable energy consumption. The results from the panel Granger causality tests suggest that in the short-run nuclear energy consumption plays an important role in reducing CO2 emissions whereas renewable energy consumption does not contribute to reductions in emissions. This may be due to the lack of adequate storage technology to overcome intermittent supply problems as a result electricity producers have to rely on emission generating energy sources to meet peak load demand.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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The Impact of Renewable Energy on Economic Well-Being of Malaysia: Fresh Evidence from Auto Regressive Distributed Lag Bound Testing Approach (2019, background): “Apergis et al. (2010) investigate the long-run dependence among environmental degradation and renewable consumption.”
The Effect of Renewable Energy Consumption on Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from Emerging and Developing Economies (2019, background): “Apergis (2010) [25] Causal dynamics 1984–2007 19 developing countries Feedback hypothesis between renewable energy consumption and CO2 emissions.”
The role of renewable energy and agriculture in reducing CO2 emissions: evidence for North Africa countries (2017, result): “This result is similar to that of Apergis et al. (2010).”
Measuring the impact of alternative and nuclear energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and oil rents on specific growth factors in the panel of Latin American countries (2017, background): “There is growing literature emerged nowadays, in relation with the energy factors and carbon dioxide emissions i.e., Apergis et al. (2010) confirmed the role of nuclear energy in order to lessen carbon dioxide emissions in the panel of 19 developed and developing countries.”
Energy consumption, pollutant emissions and economic growth in South Africa (2010, background): “Even nuclear energy, despite its controversies and costs (see Apergis et al., 2010; Menyah and WoldeRufael, 2010; Wolde-Rufael and Menyah, 2010), is being promoted as one of the important energy sources of the future.”
Nuclear energy consumption and economic growth in OECD countries: Cross-sectionally dependent heterogeneous panel causality analysis (2011, background): “…Sweden NE2Y: France, Spain, UK, USA Panel data studies Apergis and Payne (2010) Sixteen countries 1980–2005 Panel VECM NE2Y: short-run NE-Y: long-run Apergis et al. (2010) Nineteen countries 1984–2007 Panel VECM NE-Y: short-run NE2Y: long-run -, 2, and a4 represent unidirectional,…”