Rados?aw Mi?kiewicz
Clean and Affordable Energy within Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Governance Digitalization
University of Szczecin
achieving sustainable development goals depends governance effectiveness within penetration digital technologies spheres levels furthermore energy sector crucial inhibitor sustainable development depends efficacy digital public services case paper aims analyzing impact egovernance achieving sustainable development goals particularly affordable clean energy object research eu countries period 20132019 data compiled databases eurostat world data bank sustainable development report study applies following methods taxonomy method measure egovernance index fixed effect random effect pooled ols regression model check impact egovernance affordable clean energy results outlined leaders estonia denmark finland sweden latvia malta outsiders romania croatia greece bulgaria poland egovernance 2019 findings confirm statistically positive impact egovernance extending affordable clean energy thus improving egovernance 1 point causes growth renewable energy average 44 points furthermore industrial structures improvement allows increasing renewable energy average 04 trade activization economic openness contributes increase renewable energy average 01 democracy level statistically significant impact achieving sustainable development goals eu countries empirical results show countries high values egovernance sweden latvia finland denmark austria achieve highest values sdg7 index score thus within eu countries governance digitalization strategic inhibitor sdg achievement