Is renewable energy use lowering resource-related uncertainties?      
Yazarlar (3)
Ifedolapo Olabisi Olanipekun
Adeyemi College Of Education, Nijerya
Doç. Dr. Oktay ÖZKAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Godwin Olasehinde-Williams
Istanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Energy
Dergi ISSN 0360-5442 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2023
Cilt No 271
Sayı 1
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.energy.2023.126949
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126949
Özet
Investment in renewable energy is vital, not just for the climate, but also for energy security. However, most studies on renewable energy focus on its drivers; there is still limited knowledge about how it affects resource-related uncertainties. This study is a global analysis of the renewable energy-geopolitical oil price uncertainty nexus. Wavelet coherence analysis, quantile-on-quantile regression and quantile regression are carried out using global time-series data spanning 2004Q1 to 2019Q4. The outcomes show a significant negative relationship between renewable energy use and geopolitical oil price uncertainty in the short and medium term from 2008 to 2010 and in the short to long term from 2012 to 2019. It also reveals that the expansion of renewable energy use minimizes geopolitical oil price uncertainty. The inferences drawn affirm that renewable energy is a means of lowering oil dependence and consequently hedging against global oil price uncertainties induced by geopolitical events. The findings provide an additional rationale, asides the associated environmental benefits, for considering renewable energy as an indispensable part of sustainable energy strategy. Thus, it is recommended that international energy institutions’ energy transition efforts should be complemented by increased sponsorship of renewable energy development by other international organizations across the globe.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Energy security | Geopolitics | Oil price uncertainty | Quantile-on-quantile regression | Renewable energy | Wavelet coherence