Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria

The relationship between economic growth and renewable energy (RE) consumption has received enormous attention in the literature. However, there are diverse views about the causality and nature of this relationship. The paper investigates how RE consumption during power generation is affected by ec...

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Main Author: Nurcan Kilinc Ata
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Language:English
Published: National Research University Higher School of Economics 2018-12-01
Series:Foresight and STI Governance
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Online Access:https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19354
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description The relationship between economic growth and renewable energy (RE) consumption has received enormous attention in the literature. However, there are diverse views about the causality and nature of this relationship. The paper investigates how RE consumption during power generation is affected by economic growth and electricity prices using data from 1990 to 2012. This is conducted by using three case study countries (United Kingdom, Turkey, and Nigeria). Then, a prediction model is developed for the year 2030. The findings in this paper show that RE consumption, for the period under consideration, is significantly determined by income and electricity prices in the long run. These findings support the advantages of government policies encouraging the use of RE by implementing RE markets and RE portfolio standards to not only enhance the security and environmental concerns, but also from a macroeconomic point of view (stable economic growth). 
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spelling doaj-art-a3d0b1e514b74aa0bc35227f37eb266e2025-08-20T02:35:41ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972018-12-0112410.17323/2500-2597.2018.4.62.77Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and NigeriaNurcan Kilinc Ata0University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK The relationship between economic growth and renewable energy (RE) consumption has received enormous attention in the literature. However, there are diverse views about the causality and nature of this relationship. The paper investigates how RE consumption during power generation is affected by economic growth and electricity prices using data from 1990 to 2012. This is conducted by using three case study countries (United Kingdom, Turkey, and Nigeria). Then, a prediction model is developed for the year 2030. The findings in this paper show that RE consumption, for the period under consideration, is significantly determined by income and electricity prices in the long run. These findings support the advantages of government policies encouraging the use of RE by implementing RE markets and RE portfolio standards to not only enhance the security and environmental concerns, but also from a macroeconomic point of view (stable economic growth).  https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19354economic growthforecastingTurkeyenergy consumptionrenewable energyvector auto-regression
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Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
Foresight and STI Governance
economic growth
forecasting
Turkey
energy consumption
renewable energy
vector auto-regression
title Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
title_full Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
title_fullStr Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
title_short Assessing the Future of Renewable Energy Consumption for United Kingdom, Turkey and Nigeria
title_sort assessing the future of renewable energy consumption for united kingdom turkey and nigeria
topic economic growth
forecasting
Turkey
energy consumption
renewable energy
vector auto-regression
url https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19354
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