The impact of biofuels utilisation in transport on the sustainable development in the European Union

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The biofuels sustainability in transport depends on the energetic products demand and the limited resources. According to European legislation, the energy consumption in transport from renewable energy in the European Union should increase by 10% till 2020. Considering the environmental requests related to greenhouse gases reduction and a lower dependency on oil fuels stimulated more the biofuels production, this research empirically assessed the impact of energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and bioethanol on sustainable development in terms of economic growth and greenhouse emissions. Using dynamic panel and panel vector-auto-regression models for European Union countries during 2010–2015, we proved that only the energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel had a positive impact on economic growth. The greenhouse emissions did not have any impact on economic growth while the energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol negatively affected the economic growth. The Granger causality tests on panel data indicated a bilateral relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol. Given these empirical results, the energy policies should focus on the higher utilisation of biodiesel in transport in the EU.

Tytuł
The impact of biofuels utilisation in transport on the sustainable development in the European Union
Twórca
Simionescu Mihaela
Słowa kluczowe
sustainable development; biodiesel; bioethanol; economic growth; rozwój zrównoważony; bioetanol; wzrost gospodarczy
Współtwórca
Albu Lucian-Liviu
Szeles Monica Raileanu
Bilan Yuriy ORCID 0000-0003-0268-009X
Data
2017
Typ zasobu
artykuł
Identyfikator zasobu
DOI 10.3846/20294913.2017.1323318
Źródło
Journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2017, vol 23 iss. 4, s. 667-686.
Język
angielski
Prawa autorskie
CC BY CC BY
Kategorie
Publikacje pracowników US
Data udostępnienia11 maj 2022, 10:27:32
Data mod.11 maj 2022, 10:27:32
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