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Financial development and renewable energy consumption in Nigeria
Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; Madichie, Chekwube V.; … - 2022
energy consumption in Nigeria (the largest and most p opulous economy in Africa). Specifically, this study utilised the broad … finds, among other things, that financial development is critical for renewable energy consumption in Nigeria and recommends …
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Assessment of energy efficiency investment in Onitsha business cluster, Nigeria
Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; Nwokoye, Ebele Stella; … - 2022
investment in energy efficiency in the Onitsha plastic cluster, South-East, Nigeria. Self-administered questionnaires were … cluster in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468195
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Policy interventions in renewable energy for sustainable development : is Ghana on the right path to achieve SDG 7?
Ackah, Ishmael - 2016
Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals seeks to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services and increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. This target provides an opportunity as well as a challenge to African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496336
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Heterogeneous analysis of pollution abatement via renewable and nonrenewable energy : lessons from investment in G20 nations
Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo - 2022
Environmental sustainability and climatic change mitigation seem central in the fight against global warming and continuous human sustenance in the 21st century. However, non-renewable and renewable consumption energies lie at the core of these pollution concerns, particularly among the G20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817754
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Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance : a path towards sustainable development
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
Based on data for 48 African countries for the period 2000-2020, we analyse the effects of natural resources on renewable energy development and the mediating effects of governance on that relationship. For this purpose, the Ordinary Least Squares method was used to develop a baseline regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461726
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Green taxation and renewable energy technologies adoption : a global evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Fotio, Hervé Kaffo; Miamo, … - 2023
There is substantial literature on the determinants of renewable energy consumption. This growing interest is related to the fact that renewable energy is not only one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas mitigation but also its contribution to the achievement of other sustainable goals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500916
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Promoting renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa : how capital flight crowds-out the favorable effect of foreign aid
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
The study assesses the effect of capital flight in the nexus between foreign aid and renewable energy consumption in 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1996-2018. The empirical technique employed is interactive quantile regressions and the following findings are...
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Sustainability burden or boost? : examining the effect of public debt on renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Onuoha, Favour Chidinma; Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; … - 2023
Given that the development of renewable energy is regarded as a sustainable alternative to the realization of environmental quality, it is not surprising that the discussion of the sustainability of the world's energy sources continues to expand. While renewable energy has a negligible impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280128
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Dynamic heterogeneous analysis of pollution reduction in SANEM countries : lessons from the energy-investment interaction
Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo; Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Xuan Vinh Vo - 2021
positively impacts CO2pollution in Nigeria, Egypt, and the panel, in the long-run. Again, investment exerts a positive effect on … CO2 in South Africa and Algeria, whereas it is negative in Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Capital investment also expands … panel's CO2pollution in the short-run and long-run, as well as, in Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa, except in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815578
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Financing renewable energy generation in SSA : does financial integration matter?
Fotio, Hervé Kaffo; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, … - 2022
Despite growing attention on the role of renewable energy in promoting economic growth and environmental sustainability, its adoption rate remains uncomfortably low, especially in developing countries. This study attempts to explore the ways to extend the installed capacity of renewable energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817796