What role renewable energy consumption, renewable electricity, energy use and import play in environmental quality?

Abstract

Climate change has gained an increasing trend and has become an international issue, and sustainable energy technologies have been considered the best solution for it that needs new researchers’ focus. Hence, the article examines the impact of sustainable energy technologies such as renewable electricity output on climate change (carbon dioxide emissions) in E7 countries. The article also investigates the impact of renewable energy (RE) consumption, energy use, urbanization, energy import, and industrialization on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in E7 countries. The secondary data has been gathered using secondary sources such as World Development Indicators (WDI) from 2001 to 2020. The study has used the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to check the linkage among the variables. The results indicated that the renewable electricity output and RE consumption are negatively associated with CO2 emissions in E7 countries. The results also indicated that energy usage, industrialization, energy import, and urbanization positively correlate with CO2 emissions in E7 countries. This research guides the policymakers in developing the policies related to the adoption of sustainable energy technologies to control climate change.

Keywords

• Sustainable energy technologies
• Renewable electricity output
• Energy usage
• Industrialization
• Energy import
• Urbanization