Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries

The share of renewables in the global energy mix needs to increase or we will never reach the environmental targets. In 2050 the world will use 80% more energy than it does today and without policy interventions, the fossil-fuel based energy in the global energy mix will remain at 85%. Under this c...

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Autor principal: Nyberg, Oscar
Formato: M2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Economics 2020
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description The share of renewables in the global energy mix needs to increase or we will never reach the environmental targets. In 2050 the world will use 80% more energy than it does today and without policy interventions, the fossil-fuel based energy in the global energy mix will remain at 85%. Under this circumstance, increasing the share of renewables in the total energy consumption is most critical to achieve the target set by the Paris Agreement to limit the long-time increase in global temperature below two degrees Celsius. So what is it that affects the use of renewables? In this thesis, I examine factors that affects the share of renewables in the global energy mix in OECD countries using the panel data for the period 1995-2014. My results reveal that carbon dioxide emission,total energy use, GDP per capita and an increasing urban population have a negative effect on the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix. On the other hand, total renewable energy supply and oil price have a significant positive effect on the share of renewable energy consumption.
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spelling RepoSLU159972020-09-15T01:00:44Z Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries Nyberg, Oscar determinants renewable energy panel data fixed effect hausman test The share of renewables in the global energy mix needs to increase or we will never reach the environmental targets. In 2050 the world will use 80% more energy than it does today and without policy interventions, the fossil-fuel based energy in the global energy mix will remain at 85%. Under this circumstance, increasing the share of renewables in the total energy consumption is most critical to achieve the target set by the Paris Agreement to limit the long-time increase in global temperature below two degrees Celsius. So what is it that affects the use of renewables? In this thesis, I examine factors that affects the share of renewables in the global energy mix in OECD countries using the panel data for the period 1995-2014. My results reveal that carbon dioxide emission,total energy use, GDP per capita and an increasing urban population have a negative effect on the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix. On the other hand, total renewable energy supply and oil price have a significant positive effect on the share of renewable energy consumption. SLU/Dept. of Economics 2020 M2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15997/
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renewable energy
panel data
fixed effect
hausman test
Nyberg, Oscar
Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title_full Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title_fullStr Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title_short Analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the OECD countries
title_sort analysis of renewable energy consumption : a panel data evidence from the oecd countries
topic determinants
renewable energy
panel data
fixed effect
hausman test