How to bend down the environmental Kuznets curve: the significance of biomass energy

Sources of renewable energy have received wide attention in the literature because of serious threats to the environment. However, some renewable resources, including biomass energy role is debatable in the energy economics literature. This empirical work focuses to analyze the role of biomass energ...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2019-07, Vol.26 (21), p.21598-21608
Main Authors: Mahmood, Nasir, Wang, Zhaohua, Yasmin, Nazia, Manzoor, Waqas, Rahman, Atteeq ur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Autoregressive models
Biomass
Biomass energy
Biomass energy production
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide emissions
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic analysis
Economic models
Ecotoxicology
Empirical analysis
Energy economics
Energy policy
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Kuznets curve
Environmental science
Hypotheses
Regression analysis
Renewable energy sources
Renewable resources
Research Article
Sustainable yield
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Sources of renewable energy have received wide attention in the literature because of serious threats to the environment. However, some renewable resources, including biomass energy role is debatable in the energy economics literature. This empirical work focuses to analyze the role of biomass energy in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions using the framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in Pakistan over the period from 1980 to 2015. The bound testing approach suggests there is cointegration among study variables. The study uses an auto-regressive distributed lag model (ARDL) with a structural break in the series. To summarize the findings of the study, it can be inferred that biomass energy increase CO 2 emissions. In addition, biomass energy helps to form a U-shaped relationship between income and CO 2 emissions that support the EKC hypothesis. Also, the feedback hypothesis is found between biomass energy and CO 2 emissions. The findings would guide policymaker with practical guidelines to formulate policies to utilize a high amount of biomass energy in a sustainable manner.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-05442-1