Energy consumption and economic growth: An empirical study of the electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia

Mezghani, Imed; Haddad, Hedi Ben

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.10.058

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“…Ahmed and Azam (2016) talked about a similar relationship and mentioned that countries might react to these policies differently but there is certainly a relationship between EC, CO2 emissions and income in most part of the world which requires extensive policy making to be kept under control. Mezghani and Haddad (2017) talked about EC and income and the association of these variables share in Saudi Arabia. Using data from 1971 to 2010, it was argued that the relationship of these variables can depend on the volatility of the real income of the country and if there is a high level of volatility, it means that the country should consider extensive policy-making to ensure that CO2 emissions decline with time.…”

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Energy consumption, economic growth and pollution in Saudi Arabia

Mahmood¹,

Alkhateeb²,

Al-Qahtani³

et al. 2020

10.5267/j.msl

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Economic growth is very basic need of any economy but its environmental effects should not be ignored. We investigate the environmental effects of economic growth and energy consumption of Saudi Arabia. The study uses data of a period 1968-2014 and cointegration test and corroborates a long-and short-run relationships. The results indicate that economic growth and energy consumption contributes in CO2 emissions in both long-and short-run. It means that increasing economic growth of the Kingdom has social cost on the economy in terms of pollution emissions. Based on findings, we recommend to use the alternative renewable sources of energy consumption to avoid the pollution effects of growth in Saudi Arabia.

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confidence: 99%

Energy consumption, economic growth and pollution in Saudi Arabia

Mahmood¹,

Alkhateeb²,

Al-Qahtani³

et al. 2020

10.5267/j.msl

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“…On the other hand, Liu et al [13] also reported that a causal relationship is identified between these factors using Granger and Toda Yamamoto causality analyzes. In addition, Iyke [14], Mezghani and Haddad [15], Sbia et al [16] and Ibrahiem [17] also took this issue into consideration using different methods such as the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), Johansen Cointegration and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound Test (ARDL). As a result, they concluded that there is a positive and long-term relationship among these variables.…”

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The Effects of Electricity Production on Industrial Development and Sustainable Economic Growth: A VAR Analysis for BRICS Countries

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This study aims to evaluate the effect of electricity production on industrial development and sustainable economic growth. In this context, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), countries which have the highest increase in electricity production in the period of 2000-2018, are included in the scope of this study. Annual data of these variables in the period of 1991-2018 are used and three different models are created by using Vector Auto Regression (VAR) methodology. The findings state that electricity production in BRICS countries has a positive effect on both industrial production and sustainable economic growth. Hence, electricity production needs to be increased for them. For this purpose, it is important to encourage investors with tax advantages, location orientation and financing. Moreover, BRICS countries should give importance to renewable energy investments in order to increase electricity production. These issues have a contributing effect to sustainable economic growth.

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“…In the 1970s and 1980s, electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia grew around 12% to 25%, respectively, and by nearly 6% annually from 1990 to 2000. 43 Residential sector alone consumes around 50% of total electricity production with around 70% is consumed in air conditioning. 44 Likewise, Kuwait has been experiencing a rapid increase in electricity consumption.…”

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Trends of energy demand in the Middle East: A sectoral level analysis

Bayomi

Fernández

2017

Int J Energy Res

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Summary The Middle East region is a key player in the world energy market today. It holds approximately over 50% of the world's proven fossil fuel reserves. Yet, the region is significantly challenged by the large dependence on finite fossil fuel resources in its primary energy supply. The intricate relationship between climate change mitigation and the development of energy systems underlines great uncertainty over the future of energy development in the Middle East. Such uncertainty is greatly linked to growing energy demands and the region's capacity to transition to low‐carbon energy systems. Over the past 20 years, the total primary energy demand in the Middle has almost tripled due to rapid population growth and economic development. Notably, most of the growing energy demand was concentrated in 5 countries, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE. These 5 countries represented around 82% of the total primary energy demand in 2015, with Saudi Arabia and Iran alone accounted for 60%. The core question of this paper is what are the possible implications of growing energy demands in these countries and which sectors will entail significant increases in the projected energy requirements? The significance of the work presented here stems from analyzing 4 major countries that constitute the largest share in Middle East's total energy consumption and associated emissions. Examining these 4 countries together is important to highlight how future increase in these countries could largely affect the overall energy demand from the Middle East region in the next 20 years. Thus, the scope of the paper is looking at energy demand implications in 4 countries, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Iraq is excluded from the analysis due to the large political uncertainty associated with Iraq's energy development. Here, a regression model is used to forecast energy demand from 5 economic sectors across the 4 countries using projected increase in population and gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030. Results indicate that most of the projected energy demand will be from Iran and Saudi Arabia. In addition, industry and transportation sectors will witness the largest increase among the 5 sectors examined in the paper. For instance, industry and transportation sector will collectively account for 52% and 67% of the projected energy demand in Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Such results are important to highlight when ascertaining sectoral level implications of future energy demands and to determine potential areas where energy savings can be made.

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Energy consumption and economic growth: An empirical study of the electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 81 publications

References 57 publications

Energy consumption, economic growth and pollution in Saudi Arabia

Energy consumption, economic growth and pollution in Saudi Arabia

The Effects of Electricity Production on Industrial Development and Sustainable Economic Growth: A VAR Analysis for BRICS Countries

Trends of energy demand in the Middle East: A sectoral level analysis

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