Renewable Energy Consumption and Sustainable Economic Growth in Non-Oil MENA Countries

This study examines the relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth in non-oil countries in the Middle East and North Africa (NOMENA) during the period 2000 to 2015. The Pedroni (2000) test shows that there is a long-term cointegration relationship between the variables and the Granger causality test in VECM shows that this relationship is bidirectional in the short and long term. Thus to ensure sustainable economic growth without pollution and to reduce dependence at abroad, renewable energies can be chosen as substitutes for conventional energies in the NOMENA countries