The effects of energy poverty and renewable energy use on environmental degradation

Year 2023, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 290 - 315, 31.12.2023

Baki Ateş , Melike Atay Polat

https://doi.org/10.17218/hititsbd.1265226

Abstract

In this article, the interaction between environmental degradation and economic growth, renewable energy consumption and energy poverty has been investigated. Data from 47 African countries covering the years 2000-2019 were used in the study. For environmental degradation CO2, for economic growth GDP per capita, for renewable energy consumption the rate of renewable energy in total final energy consumption, for energy poverty households' access to clean energy data for cooking and the rate of access to electrical energy were used as an indicator. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of renewable energy consumption rate and energy poverty on the environment. According to the results of the applied quantile regression analysis, while the increase in the use of renewable energy have an improving effect on the environmental quality, the economic growth and energy poverty variables leads to the deterioration of the environmental quality.

Keywords

Renewable Energy, Energy Poverty, Environmental Degradation, Carbon Emission, Quantile Regression

Enerji yoksulluğu ve yenilenebilir enerji kullanımının çevresel bozulmaya etkileri

Abstract

Bu makalede çevresel bozulma ile ekonomik büyüme, yenilenebilir enerji tüketimi ve enerji yoksulluğu arasındaki etkileşim araştırılmıştır. Çalışmada 47 Afrika ülkesine ait 2000-2019 yıllarını kapsayan veriler kullanılmıştır. Çevresel bozulma göstergesi olarak CO2, ekonomik büyüme göstergesi olarak kişi başına GSYH, yenilenebilir enerji göstergesi olarak toplam nihai enerji tüketimi içindeki yenilenebilir enerji oranı ve enerji yoksulluğu göstergesi olarak pişirme için hane halklarının temiz enerjiye erişim oranı verileri ile elektrik enerjisine erişim oranı kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada yenilenebilir enerji tüketim oranının ve enerji yoksulluğunun çevre üzerindeki etkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Uygulanan kantil regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre yenilenebilir enerji kullanım oranındaki artışlar çevre kalitesi üzerinde iyileştirici bir etkiye sahipken ekonomik büyüme ve enerji yoksulluğu değişkenlerinin çevre kalitesi üzerinde negatif bir etki oluşturduğu bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Yenilenebilir Enerji, Enerji Yoksulluğu, Çevresel Bozulma, Karbon Salınımı, Kantil Regresyon

Supporting Institution

Yoktur

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