Renewable energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Implications on economic and environmental sustainability

Riti, Joshua Sunday; Riti, Miriam-Kamah J.; Izuchukwu, Oji-Okoro

doi:10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100129

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“…The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will go a long way to help combat the current three planetary crises as already mentioned above and their disastrous effects on both plants and animals. The results of this current study corroborate with previous studies (Pearson, 2021;Qudrat-Ullah & Nevo, 2021;Riti et al, 2022) in which renewable energy consumption was found to have a long-run positive impact on economic growth in Croatia, Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa respectively. However, their short-run results contradict the current study.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The study reveals that there exists a positive and statistically significant relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth in the long run. In the same vein, Riti et al (2022) further show that the environmental pillar of sustainability results show that real GDP and real gross fixed capital formation exert positive and significant impacts on emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHG) while renewable energy exerts a negative and significant impact on emissions of GHG.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Similarly, Maji (2015) using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model on data from 1971 to 2011 in Nigeria reported a significant negative relationship between two indicators of clean energy (alternative nuclear energy and electric power consumption) and economic growth. On the contrary, Riti et al (2022) carried out a similar study in a panel setting in Sub-Saharan Africa by applying the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to data from 1990 to 2018. The study reveals that there exists a positive and statistically significant relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth in the long run.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling Green Energy Consumption and Natural Resources Rents Impacts on Economic Growth in Africa: An Analysis from the Dynamic Panel ARDL Models and the Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimator

Mumuni¹,

Mwimba²

2022

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The concept of green energy is now at the forefront of development discourse, with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 11, and 12 all aimed at promoting green energy consumption to combat the three planetary crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Similarly, issues regarding Africa’s natural resource curse have caused a stir in the growth and development literature for some time now and there is no sign that it will die out. This study, the first of its kind, simultaneously assesses the impact of green energy consumption and Africa’s natural resources rents on economic growth by applying the Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) estimator and the dynamic panel models of the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) and Mean Group (MG) estimators on data from 1990 to 2020 for 24 selected African countries. The results show that green energy consumption has a short-run growth-limiting effect and a long-run growth-enhancing effect in Africa. The study also found evidence of the natural resource curse phenomenon in Africa. The study, therefore, calls for the advancement and usage of green energy for both domestic and industrial production in Africa. The study further calls for a revamp in the global tax policy to curb illicit financial activities and strengthening institutional quality for transparency and accountability in the entire value chain of natural resource management in Africa.

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confidence: 91%

Section: Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling Green Energy Consumption and Natural Resources Rents Impacts on Economic Growth in Africa: An Analysis from the Dynamic Panel ARDL Models and the Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimator

Mumuni¹,

Mwimba²

2022

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“…both economic growth and environmental pillar in the long term (Riti et al, 2022). Sono et al (2021) also show that environmental resilience varies across sub-Saharan countries, highlighting the need to mobilise resources for climate change mitigation.…”

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Is foreign direct investment caring for sustainability? A look in African sub-Saharan countries

Martins

Santos

Eugénio

et al. 2022

SAMPJ

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Purpose Business politics and social and economic policies in the past decades brought us to the inevitability of change. Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a vital role in this change as it is a tool for international business management in a global world. The relationship between FDI and sustainability in sub-Saharan countries with lower incomes has not yet been sufficiently studied, so this study aims to bring some more conclusions to the discussion. Thus, the main objective is to understand if FDI effectively influences the so-called triple bottom line (TBL) pillars of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach With data from the World Bank regarding 20 sub-Saharan countries gathered between 2010 and 2018, this study analysed 34 indicators composing 11 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Afterwards, the authors grouped them by the TBL pillars and evaluated the influence of FDI inflows on their scores using panel data models. Findings The results show a positive and significant correlation between the TBL pillars, with the highest correlation being between the environmental and economic pillars. On the other hand, FDI has no significant influence on the TBL pillars. Practical implications This study could improve foreign investment legislation/regulation in sub-Saharan African countries, potentially impacting the sustainability these investments should generate. Social implications This study contributes to understanding how FDI implies sustainability. The results suggest that governments, non-governmental organisations and other competent entities need to adjust their actions in these countries so that foreign companies sustainably exploit the resources. Originality/value This study brings to the current arena an emerging theme: FDI and sustainability in African countries, particularly in sub-Saharan countries. This subject in developing countries is still under-researched.

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“…e renewable energy development is a clean energy innovation approach that can enable climate-compatible growth in sub-Saharan African countries [10][11][12]. With the abundant and a ordable resources in those countries, it is technically and economically practical that all power generation can be achieved using renewable energy resources by 2030 [13][14][15][16]. It is estimated that the contributory cost of technologies to ensure access to electricity for all Ugandans by 2030 ranges between $0.63 and $1.24 billion [17].…”

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A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

Bongomin

Nziu

2022

The Scientific World Journal

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We live in a world that is completely dependent on energy; thus, humankind can no longer live without power. With electricity being the main form of energy today, this has increased the complexity of our life today. In Uganda, electricity generation is mainly through hydropower, which puts the country in the bottleneck of overdependence on one source of energy. There are many energy systems out there that the country can use to diversify its electricity generation. Therefore, the need to understand the level of development and utilization of various energy systems has been the underlying question for this present study. A comprehensive literature survey was conducted using electronic databases, including ScienceDirect, Wiley, Sage, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, and Google Scholar. The publications in the form of reports, conference papers, working papers, discussion papers, journal articles, book sections, and textbooks were considered in this study. In total, 11 energy systems, including human and animal energy, solid biomass (firewood), hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar, nuclear, peat, coal, petroleum, and nonsolid biomass (methanol, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, and biogas), are described. The current and future development and utilization of these energy systems have been described. The challenges for developing and utilizing these systems were elaborated on, and the solutions for their challenges were presented. Hydropower from the Nile River, being the main river for large hydropower plant construction, is the dominant energy system in Uganda. Nuclear energy will be the salvation for the country’s electric energy supply in the near future. Therefore, Uganda needs to bet big on nuclear energy.

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Renewable energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Implications on economic and environmental sustainability

Cited by 21 publications

References 41 publications

Modeling Green Energy Consumption and Natural Resources Rents Impacts on Economic Growth in Africa: An Analysis from the Dynamic Panel ARDL Models and the Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimator

Modeling Green Energy Consumption and Natural Resources Rents Impacts on Economic Growth in Africa: An Analysis from the Dynamic Panel ARDL Models and the Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimator

Is foreign direct investment caring for sustainability? A look in African sub-Saharan countries

A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

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