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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

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The Special Issue of Sustainability, entitled “Green Energy, Energy Innovation, and Environmental Economics”, invites you to submit your works for open access publication (indexed by SSCI and Scopus). The world is becoming more intensely aware of the critical issues arising from human use of its energy. Energy is a vital commodity that sustains human lives, as well as economic processes. Simultaneously, it is widely accepted that energy use contributes to various environmental challenges, including climate change, fossil fuel resource depletion, and air pollution. Nowadays, energy- and environment-related issues are significant issues that must be considered seriously as a policy and in order to achieve energy and environmental sustainability globally, especially in whole emerging markets. Moreover, both the theoretical and the empirical evidence on the effects of green energy and energy innovation on macroeconomic dynamics are limited. This Special Issue will explore studies concerning the development, assessment, and management of energy and environmental issues. The Special Issue welcomes both qualitative and quantitative studies, as well as empirical and theoretical contributions. Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:

Green energy and environmental sustainability;
Green energy and macroeconomics;
Green energy and carbon emissions;
Green energy and energy prices;
Green energy and public health;
Energy innovation and economic growth;
Energy innovation and carbon emissions;
Energy innovation and smart communities and cities;
Renewable energy consumption;
Cost and benefit of renewable energy consumption;
Management of green energy;
Technological innovation and energy;
Trade and energy innovation.

Dr. Dervis Kirikkaleli
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Keywords

energy consumption
energy innovation
green energy
sustainability
economic growth
renewable energy
innovation
environmental economics

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15 pages, 468 KiB

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Applying the Extended Technology Acceptance Model to Explore Taiwan’s Generation Z’s Behavioral Intentions toward Using Electric Motorcycles

by Xiyu Zhang and Minyen Chang

Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3787; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043787 - 19 Feb 2023

Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2351

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With increasing global warming, environmental protection and green energy have become hotly discussed issues recently. Countries have proposed a net-zero carbon emission path, among which low-carbon transportation has been listed as the primary goal of each country. In Taiwan, which has the highest density of motorcycles in Asia, electric motorcycles are an environmentally friendly mobility solution that enjoys greater advantages for development because of their eco-friendly and energy-saving nature in the global context of environmental protection, energy conservation, carbon reduction, and sharing economies. This study applies the technology acceptance model and incorporates environmental concerns, value propositions, and government policies as variables to explore the behavioral intentions of Taiwan’s Generation Z toward using electric motorcycles. A total of 391 questionnaires were collected, and the correlation between variables was analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The study revealed that: (1) consumers’ perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use positively influence their attitudes toward using electric motorcycles; (2) consumers’ environmental concerns do not influence their attitudes toward using electric motorcycles; and (3) consumers’ attitudes toward using electric motorcycles, value propositions, and government policies positively influence their behavioral intentions toward using electric motorcycles. The above findings will have theoretical and practical implications in terms of academic reference and the motorcycle industry. Full article

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Green Technology Innovation, Globalization, and CO₂ Emissions: Recent Insights from the OBOR Economies

by Ahmer Bilal, Xiaoping Li, Nanli Zhu, Ridhima Sharma and Atif Jahanger

Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 236; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010236 - 27 Dec 2021

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This study explores the connection between technological innovation, globalization, and CO₂ emissions by controlling the critical influence of information and communication technology (ICT) and economic growth in a panel of One Belt One Road (OBOR) countries from 1991 to 2019, utilizing advanced and robust econometric strategies (second generation). In addition, this study also uses an interaction variable (TI*GLOB) to check the interaction role of technological innovation on the linkage between globalization and CO₂ emission, besides their direct effect on CO₂ emissions in OBOR countries. The outcomes revealed that the linkage between technological innovation and CO₂ emissions is negative, and statically significant in all the regions (e.g., OBOR, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, MENA, Europe, and Central Asia). Moreover, the results of globalization show a significant positive relationship with CO₂ emissions in OBOR and South Asia region. Nevertheless, it significantly negatively affects environmental pollution in East and Southeast Asia, MENA, Europe, and Central Asia. The results of TI*GLOB indicate that, for the OBOR sample, East and Southeast Asia, and Central Asia, the moderation effects of technological innovation with globalization are significantly negatively associated with CO₂ emissions. However, in MENA and Europe, the interaction effect is a significant positive. The coefficient of ICT for OBOR, Europe, and Central Asia are positive and statistically significant; however, for East, Southeast Asia, and MENA regions, these results are statistically negative. Furthermore, the findings are robust, according to various robustness checks that we have performed for checking the reliability of our main findings. The study establishes numerous polities and makes various recommendations, in light of relevant conclusions. Full article

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The Impact of Public-Private Partnership Investment in Energy and Technological Innovation on Ecological Footprint: The Case of Pakistan

by Li Chunling, Javed Ahmed Memon, Tiep Le Thanh, Minhaj Ali and Dervis Kirikkaleli

Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10085; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810085 - 9 Sep 2021

Cited by 58 | Viewed by 4211

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This novel research looked into the role of public-private partnership investment in energy in affecting Pakistan’s long-term environmental sustainability. Employing time series data from 1992 to 2018 and utilizing the autoregressive distributive lag model (ARDL) model, we found a long-term equilibrium association of ecological footprint with public-private partnership investment in energy, technological innovation, economic growth, and trade openness. Our outcomes showed a significant positive association between public-private partnership investment in energy and ecological footprint in the long-run and the short-run, specifying that the increase in public-private partnership investment in energy affects the environmental sustainability of Pakistan. Similarly, our study confirmed that technological innovation, economic growth, and trade openness increase the ecological footprint in Pakistan. It demonstrates that these factors are unfavorable to the sustainable environment in Pakistan. Furthermore, robustness check findings are analogous to the results of ARDL estimates, utilizing dynamic ordinary least squares and fully modified ordinary least squares. On the basis of the research conclusions, a multi-pronged sustainable development goal (SDG) model was proposed that addresses SDG 8 and SDG 13 while incorporating SDG 17 as a medium. Full article

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On the Relation between Green Entrepreneurship Intention and Behavior

by Joseph Amankwah and Harun Sesen

Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7474; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137474 - 5 Jul 2021

Cited by 24 | Viewed by 5301

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This study investigated the relationship between green entrepreneurship intention (GEI) and green entrepreneurship behavior (GEB). The study explored how university education support and green consumption commitment (GCC) moderate the relationship between green entrepreneurship intention and the GEB of university students in Ghana. The researcher used a quantitative approach. A total of 420 responses from the university campuses in Ghana were acquired through a purposive sampling method. A structural equation model was established with the help of AMOS 18. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the goodness of fit of the hypothesized model, the construct validity was evaluated, and the model had an acceptable fit. The results indicated that GEI positively influenced GEB. High university education support yielded a more substantial effect. This finding supports the notion that UES and GCC moderate the relationship between GEI and GEB. The research was limited to a survey questionnaire. The researcher acknowledges that the research was carried out in Ghana, and for generalization purposes it is recommended that the pool of university students surveyed should be extended to cover more countries in Africa, or a comparative study should be conducted that includes Ghana and some European countries. Full article

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