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Environmental Sciences
Kexiang Hu, Chandrashekar Raghutla, Krishna Reddy Chittedi, Rui Zhang, Mansoor Ahmed Koondhar
Summary: The research indicates that an increase in renewable energy consumption and technological innovation can help reduce CO2 emissions, promote economic growth, and achieve carbon neutrality.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Kashif Raza Abbasi, Muhammad Shahbaz, Zhilun Jiao, Muhammad Tufail
Summary: This study investigates the determinants of economic growth in Pakistan, finding that energy consumption and industrial growth have short- and long-run impacts on economic growth, while carbon emissions and urbanization have positive effects on economic growth in the short run.
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Environmental Sciences
Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Gbenga Daniel Akinsola, Dervis Kirikkaleli, Festus Victor Bekun, Sukru Umarbeyli, Oseyenbhin Sunday Osemeahon
Summary: The study assessed the impact of CO2 emissions and energy use on economic performance in Indonesia, finding that these factors promote economic growth. Additionally, it uncovered correlations between urbanization, trade openness, and agriculture with economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Xinyue Zhang, Xingping Zhang
Summary: This study used specific causality tests to find that renewable energy has a positive impact on GDP in China, while non-renewable energy only has a positive impact on GDP in the short term. Additionally, the research suggests the need for stricter energy conservation policies and increasing the scale of renewable energy application.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jamal Mamkhezri, Salaheddin Manochehri, Yaghob Fatemi Zardan
Summary: This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, energy consumption, CO2 emissions, temperature, and population in 56 countries. The findings show that temperature change has a negligible impact on economic growth, while CO2 emissions and renewable energy have significant effects. In addition, conservative energy consumption and clean energy policies may benefit economic prosperity.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rulia Akhtar, Muhammad Mehedi Masud, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Abu Naser Mohammad Saif
Summary: This study investigates the unbalanced link between CO2 emissions, foreign direct investment (FDI), and economic growth in Malaysia from 1980 to 2019. Using the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) technique, we find a significant asymmetry between FDI, CO2 emissions, and GDP in Malaysia. Long-term negative FDI adjustments have a stronger negative impact on economic growth compared to short-term fluctuations. Positive changes in CO2 emissions have a stronger long-term effect on economic growth than negative shocks. Malaysian policymakers should understand the dynamic relationship between FDI, CO2 emissions, and GDP to develop appropriate economic and environmental policies for sustainable development and a safer environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joseph Mawejje
Summary: This study investigates the role of informality in the relationship among renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions. The results show that nonrenewable energy consumption is positively associated with CO2 emissions, while renewable energy consumption is not. There is a nonlinear relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions, consistent with the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis. There is also a nonlinear relationship between informality and CO2 emissions, with higher informality being associated with lower CO2 emissions up to a certain critical point.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Petar Mitic, Aleksandra Fedajev, Magdalena Radulescu, Abdul Rehman
Summary: This study explores the causal relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, available energy, and employment in Southeastern European countries. The results show that there is a bidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and employment, as well as between available energy and employment. Furthermore, there is a unidirectional causality from available energy and employment to GDP.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Constantinos Katrakilidis, Achillefs Karakotsios
Summary: This study examines the causal relationships among carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth, and renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in 68 developing countries from 1990 to 2014. The results suggest significant dynamic linkages among these variables and reveal possible differences in the impacts of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on environmental quality.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Business
Alex O. Acheampong, Janet Dzator, Michael Dzator, Ruhul Salim
Summary: This study examines the impact of transport infrastructure and technological innovation on economic growth, energy consumption, and carbon emissions in the European Union. The results show that increased energy consumption leads to economic growth, while economic growth and energy consumption have opposite effects on carbon emissions. Technological innovation directly contributes to economic growth and energy consumption, while freight transport infrastructure increases economic growth and carbon emissions while reducing energy consumption.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Song Xiangyu, Rania Jammazi, Chaker Aloui, Paiman Ahmad, Arshian Sharif
Summary: This paper examines the nonlinear effects of US energy consumption, economic growth, and tourist arrivals on carbon dioxide emissions, finding that tourist arrivals decrease CO2 emissions in the long term while economic growth has both positive and negative effects on carbon emissions at different quantiles. Additionally, short-term dynamics show an asymmetric effect of tourist arrivals and economic growth on CO2 emissions in the US economy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
Summary: This paper explores the effects of CO2 emissions, globalization energy usage, trade openness, and urbanization on economic growth in Japan using new econometric techniques. The study finds that urbanization, CO2 emissions, globalization, and energy usage have a positive impact on economic growth, while no significant link is found between trade openness and economic growth. The wavelet coherence approach reveals positive co-movements between economic growth and the regressors, as well as a one-way causality from CO2 emissions and energy usage to economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Charles Shaaba Saba
Summary: The South African government is addressing global warming issues and striving to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals-7 & 13 (affordable clean energy and climate change mitigation). This article presents a novel approach using dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) simulations to study the nexus between CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption, militarization, and economic growth in South Africa. The findings reveal a long-run equilibrium relationship between these variables, differing causality results, and support for the treadmill theory of destruction and the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in South Africa. The study recommends a synergy between defense, renewable energy, growth, and environmental policies to promote and maintain environmental quality in South Africa in both the short and long term.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. P. Namahoro, Q. Wu, N. Zhou, S. Xue
Summary: This study empirically examined the long-term impact of energy intensity, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth on CO2 emissions across regions and income levels over 50 African countries from 1980 to 2018. The findings revealed that renewable energy consumption contributed to mitigating CO2 emissions, while energy intensity promoted emissions across regions and income levels, and at the African level. Economic growth affected CO2 emissions negatively at the African level but the effect was mixed across regions and income levels. The study also found bi-directional causations between CO2 emissions and its determinants in African, and some regions and income levels, with unidirectional causation highly supported across regions and income levels. Impulse response and variance decomposition analysis showed that both energy intensity and economic growth counted higher variations of CO2 emissions, while renewable energy highly contributed to reducing emissions within 10 years.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sk Habibur Rahaman, Fuzhong Chen
Summary: This study examines the relationship between disaggregated energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and economic growth in emerging South and East Asian countries from 1994 to 2019. The results show that disaggregated energy consumption and CO2 emissions have a positive impact on economic growth. These findings are crucial for the development of energy policy regulations in South and East Asian countries.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ju-Hee Kim, Se-Jun Jin, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This article examines the willingness to pay for the eradication of the harmful marine organism Aurelia aurita in South Korea. The study found that the average household's willingness to pay was estimated at KRW 3,911 per year, and the national value amounted to KRW 80.46 billion per annum. Factors such as income and education level significantly influenced the intention to pay for this eradication project.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chang-Min Kim, Ju-Hee Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: Bird deaths caused by collisions with artificial structures, such as glass windows, continue to occur in South Korea. The government is using specially designed tapes to prevent bird collisions. This study estimates the economic benefits of collision prevention and provides important information for policy implementation through a choice experiment survey.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ju-Hee Kim, Kyung-Hag Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This research identifies the priorities of mining damage prevention programs in South Korea through a national survey of 1000 people. The findings suggest the need to align the budget allocation with the program rankings for effective implementation.
Article
Energy & Fuels
JongRoul Woo, Jungwoo Shin, Seung-Hoon Yoo, Sung-Yoon Huh
Summary: Coal-fired power plants are a major source of air pollutants in the power sector. The construction of indoor coal storage facilities is expensive but can control coal dust. This study analyzed the feasibility of building indoor coal storage facilities in South Korea and found that it is not economically feasible. Therefore, the government should focus on other cost-effective projects to improve air quality.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Young-Kuk Kim, Ju-Hee Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: The South Korean government plans to transition from natural gas to hydrogen co-firing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study investigates people's willingness to pay for electricity generated from a mixture of hydrogen and natural gas. The average willingness to pay was found to be KRW 24.3 (USD 0.022) per kWh, and the value people place on co-firing is KRW 132.2 (USD 0.118) per kWh.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Seo-Young Lee, Ju-Hee Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This work assesses and compares the economic effects of the natural gas supply sector in South Korea and Japan. It found that the production-inducing, value-added creation, and employment-inducing effects were greater in Japan, while the wage-inducing effect was greater in South Korea. The supply shortage and price-inducing effects were also higher in South Korea. The study provides valuable insights for future natural gas supply policies.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ju-Hee Kim, Young-Kuk Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: The South Korean government plans to switch to distributed power generation, but faces opposition from local residents, resulting in delays or suspensions in the construction of power plants. This study examined the negative impact of proximity to a power plant on housing property values using the hedonic pricing technique. The analysis showed that proximity to a power plant had a statistically significant negative effect on apartment prices, with a difference of KRW 8 million (USD 7.1 thousand) per 1 km distance from the plant.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Seong-Ju Park, Ju-Hee Kim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the South Korean government has chosen to retire thirty coal-fired power plants by 2034. Some of these plants will be repurposed as cold reserves instead of being dismantled. This study examines the public's preference and willingness to bear the cost for utilizing these early retiring coal-fired power plants as cold reserves through a contingent valuation. The findings reveal that the average monthly household willingness to pay for this utilization is estimated to be KRW 1596 (USD 1.32), which accounts for 3.6% of the average monthly electricity bill per household. If scaled up to the national level, the average WTP would amount to KRW 263.52 billion (USD 217.80 million) annually. Hence, this utilization can be introduced as long as this level of cost is incurred. Several challenges that need to be addressed for the successful implementation of this utilization are also discussed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ju-Hee Kim, Dai-Pil Seo, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This article explores public preference for relocating the domestic oil refining industry abroad to reduce greenhouse gas emissions versus keeping it in the country to protect jobs in South Korea. Through a survey of 1000 South Koreans, it was found that 4.9 times more people preferred to keep the industry in the country, and the strength of preference for this option was 1.4 times higher. These findings contradict the government's plan, suggesting the need for revision based on public preferences. The study also identified various factors, such as experiences, perceptions, income, and residence, that significantly influenced people's preferences.
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ju-Hee Kim, Su-Mi Han, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: South Korea is planning to transition to green hydrogen and has conducted a survey to estimate the price premium of consuming green hydrogen over gray hydrogen. The survey found that the price premium for 1 kg of green hydrogen is KRW 1,990 (USD 1.6), representing 22.6% of the fueling price of gray hydrogen. These results have important policy implications, such as the need for a subsidy of at least USD 2.4 per kg, considering the higher production cost of green hydrogen compared to gray hydrogen.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ju-Hee Kim, Seul-Ye Lim, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This article investigates the impact of residential heating method on property prices in an urban area of South Korea. Sales data of 1760 apartments in Seocho District, Seoul, were used. The results show that apartments with a district heating system (DHS) have higher prices compared to those with other heating methods, such as an individual heating system or central heating system, accounting for about 21.7% of the apartment prices.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ju-Hee Kim, Min-Ki Hyun, Seung-Hoon Yoo
Summary: This article examines the South Korean government's intention to construct interactive charging stations (ICSs) for a vehicle to grid (V2G) system and households' willingness to pay (WTP) for the construction of ICSs. The study found that the average household WTP is estimated to be KRW 4017 (USD 3.51) per annum, with a total national WTP of KRW 85.48 billion (USD 74.65 million). This study provides quantitative information on household WTP and is the first empirical study of its kind in the literature.
