Publication: The Impacts Of Transiting To Green Energy In Africa: Evidence From Gis Mapping And Spatial Panel Models
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2025-05
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Gwani, Alhaji Abdullahi
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This thesis examines the spatial dynamics of renewable energy production and consumption (rep and rec) and their impact on economic growth (gdp), ecological footprint (ef), and carbon dioxide emissions (co2) in 49 african countries over the course of three decades (1990-2020). The study underlines the necessity of a transition to sustainable green energy in light of the urgent environmental challenges associated with conventional energy sources (fossil fuel). The objectives are as follows: (1) to analyse the trends in rep and rec, (2) to explore the spatial autocorrelation and dynamic characteristics of data, (3) to investigate the impact of rep and rec on economic growth and environmental degradation, and to identify the most effective spatial panel model for these dynamics. To overcome the estimation issue in the conventional non-spatial model that fails to consider spatial correlation in the data, the gis mapping and spatial panel models are utilised in this study. The results are compared with the non-spatial model. Gis mapping shows that ef and co2 emissions experienced a decline, particularly between 2017 and 2020, indicating a positive trend toward greener energy and environment while both rep and rec demonstrate consistent growth.
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Impacts Transiting Green Energy Africa: Evidence