- BİLTÜRK Ekonomi ve İlişkili Çalışmalar Dergisi
- Vol: 1 Issue: 2
- The Impact of Renewable Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity on CO2 emissions from Fuel Combustio...
The Impact of Renewable Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity on CO2 emissions from Fuel Combustions for the Case of Turkey: A Cointegration Analyses
Authors : Nezahat Dogan, Mehmet Karay
Pages : 169-187
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Publication Date : 2019-04-04
Article Type : Research
Abstract :This study aims to investigate the impact of renewable energy consumption and energy intensity on CO 2 emissions from fuel combustions (Mt CO 2 ), over the period 1971-2015 for the case of Turkey within the framework of Environmental Kuznet Curve (EKC) hypothesis. The results support the presence and validation of EKC hypothesis with the positive impact of renewable energy consumption on CO 2 emission in both short run and long run. Moreover, it also shows that higher level of energy intensity raises CO 2 emission, which indicates that 1% increase in energy intensity increase CO 2 emission by 0.96% in long run, while renewable energy consumption cause to fall in CO 2 emissions by 0.19%. Therefore, policy makers in Turkey should encourage using of renewable energy in both of production and consumption and consider the negative impacts of energy intensity while determining related policies.Keywords : CO2 emissions, Energy intensity, Renewable energy consumption