Yılmaz, EkremŞensoy, Fatma2022-11-292022-11-292022Yılmaz, E. & Şensoy, F. (2022). Effects of fossil fuel usage in electricity production on CO2Emissions: A STIRPAT model application on 20 selected countries. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 12(6), pp. 224-229. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.13707https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.13707https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13055/323This article examines the causes of air pollution while paying particular attention to the effects of fossil fuel use in electricity generation. Dietz and Roza’s (1994) STIRPAT model, which is a reformulated version of the IPAT model, was used. The data includes the 20 countries with the highest CO2 emission levels and covers the years 1991-2015. According to the empirical results of this article, increases in population and GDP per capita are followed by a proportional increase in CO2 emissions. Moreover, the results show that the share of coal in electricity generation has a negative impact on CO2 emissions in selected countries. On the other hand, the results show that the share of gas in electricity generation does not have a significant impact on CO2 emissions in selected countries and selected period.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCO2 EmissionEnergyEnvironmentSTIRPAT ModelArticle10.32479/ijeep.137071262242292-s2.0-85142667326Q1