Abstract：
Within the literature on energy and environmental economics, it is generally acknowledged that renewable energy can improve environmental quality; however, certain papers suggest that an optimal level of the usage of renewable energy sources may exist. Consequently, the utilization of renewable energy sources can result in environmental degradation up to a certain threshold. Then, environmental quality can be enhanced through the continued application of renewables. This indicates that the link between renewable energy and environmental devastation is inverted U-shaped. This paper presents empirical evidence concerning this possible association between renewable energy and environmental destruction in Türkiye, a country where fossil energy predominates in the energy mix. Additionally, the paper investigates the environmental influences of natural resource rents and schooling. This study utilizes annual data from 1971 to 2020 and implements time series methodologies that rely on the Fourier approximation. The paper thus accounts for an undetermined quantity of structural breaks. The results suggest that an inverted U-shaped link occurs between renewable energy and environmental destruction, signifying renewable energy initially contributes to a diminution in environmental quality before subsequently improving it. Additionally, environmental quality is positively associated with natural resource rents and negatively associated with schooling, according to the findings. Furthermore, the findings reveal that schooling worsens the combined effect of renewable energy on environmental degradation. These conclusions are discussed in the paper.
摘要：
在关于能源和环境经济学的文献中，人们普遍认为可再生能源可以改善环境质量；然而，某些论文表明，可再生能源的最佳使用水平可能存在。因此,可再生能源的利用可能导致环境退化达到一定的阈值。然后，可再生能源的持续应用可以提高环境质量。这表明可再生能源和环境破坏之间的联系是倒U型的。本文提供了有关蒂尔基耶可再生能源与环境破坏之间可能存在关联的经验证据，化石能源在能源结构中占主导地位的国家。此外,本文研究了自然资源租金和学校教育对环境的影响。这项研究利用了1971年至2020年的年度数据，并实施了依赖于傅立叶近似的时间序列方法。因此，本文考虑了不确定数量的结构断裂。结果表明，可再生能源和环境破坏之间存在倒U形联系，表示可再生能源最初有助于减少环境质量，然后再改善环境质量。此外,环境质量与自然资源租金呈正相关，与学校教育呈负相关，根据调查结果。此外，研究结果表明，学校教育恶化了可再生能源对环境退化的综合影响。本文对这些结论进行了讨论。
