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Volume 9
Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
ISSN: 2155-6199
Biofuel Congress 2018 &
Biomass 2018
September 04-06, 2018
JOINT EVENT
September 04-06, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
13
th
Global Summit and Expo on
Biomass and Bioenergy
&
12
th
World Congress on
Biofuels and Bioenergy
Biomass Energy Production, Energy Imports and Economic Growth. Multivariate Panel Data
Evidence for IEA-30 Countries
Bismark Ameyaw
and
Professor Li Yao
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; China.
E
nergy is considered a vital element that influences economic growth. The contemporary increase in worldwide population
drives greater energy generation demand from conventional exhaustible resources. Energy generated from exhaustible
resources endanger the environment and imperils economic development. However, switching to the production of renewable
energies from naturally replenished resources addresses issues of global warming and climate change and further grants energy
security. Also, country-based sustained economic growth is likely to trigger a surge in energy imports. Therefore, the aim
of this current study is to investigate the nexus between total biomass energy production, energy imports and economic
growth for International Energy Administration (IEA)-30 countries for the period of 2000-2015. Our panel fully modified and
dynamic ordinary least squares regression shows a significant positive influence of total primary renewable energy production
on economic growth. Thus, a percentage increase in primary renewable energy production increases Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) per capita by 0.04%-0.05%. For our panel vector error correction model based causality nexus, we notice that in both
the short and long-run, there exist unidirectional causality running from economic growth and energy imports to total
biomass energy production which supports the conservation hypothesis. The findings indicate that economic growth and
energy imports drive total biomass energy production. This study guides policymakers in formulating a conclusive energy and
trade policies for sustainable economic growth.
201714110101@std.uestc.edu.cn kofiameyaw9@hotmail.com 3101153683@qq.comJ Bioremediat Biodegrad 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6199-C1-015