Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, vol.32, no.5, pp.525-539, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Driving sustainable growth necessitates energy policies that prioritize energy sustainability, accessibility, and efficiency (ESAE). This research pioneers an assessment of the impact of holistic ESAE endeavors in the context of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 13. The analysis centers on 20 leading emitters, contributing approximately 79% to global CO2 emissions. The study adopts the energy productive capacity index, which measures the ESAE using 6 energy-related indicators, and also employs institutional productivity (IP). The varying repercussions of ESAE and IP on load capacity factor (LCF) are scrutinized from 2000 to 2021 employing the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MM-QR) and controlling for trade globalization, economic growth, and population density. To ensure robust estimates, the research uses Driscoll-Kraay (DK) standard errors and Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS). The MM-QR approach reveals a negative correlation between the energy productive capacity and LCF, suggesting that current ESAE endeavors are failing to achieve sustainability in the examined nations. However, the analysis also indicates that improvements in IP can lead to a higher LCF supporting environmental sustainability. Trade globalization has a detrimental effect on ecological quality in nations with lower and moderate LCF but a positive impact on environmental quality in nations with higher LCF. The negative correlation between population density and LCF indicates that expanding population density will likely decrease environmental sustainability. An inverted U-shaped connection between growth and LCF rejects the load capacity curve (LCC) hypothesis. Lastly, a combination of investment, incentive-based, and regulatory policies are recommended to enhance environmental sustainability.