The essential role of renewable energy in mitigating the negative consequences of climate change has led to a growing body of literature that has examined the determinants of renewable energy consumption. Most of the existing studies focused on the macroeconomic, environmental, institutional, and energy-related determinants of renewable energy consumption and neglected the potential role of partisan polarization. The adverse effects of party polarization have been well documented by the literature, but the impact of party polarization on renewable energy consumption has not been examined. To fill this existing gap, this study explicitly explores the association between renewable energy consumption and partisan polarization across 25 European Union countries, spanning the period 2003–2017. The findings document that party polarization is negatively associated with renewable energy consumption after accounting for an extensive set of macroeconomic, environmental, institutional, and energy-related determinants and the use of a different set of estimation methodologies. The paper's findings show another adverse effect of party polarization by demonstrating its negative impact on renewable energy consumption.

可再生能源在减轻气候变化的负面影响方面的重要作用已经导致越来越多的文献研究了可再生能源消费的决定因素。大多数现有研究都集中在可再生能源消费的宏观经济、环境、制度和能源相关决定因素上，而忽视了党派两极分化的潜在作用。政党两极分化的不利影响已被文献充分记录，但尚未研究政党两极分化对可再生能源消费的影响。为了填补这一现有空白，本研究明确探讨了 2003 年至 2017 年期间 25 个欧盟国家的可再生能源消费与党派两极分化之间的关联。调查结果表明，在考虑了一系列广泛的宏观经济、环境、制度和能源相关决定因素并使用不同的估算方法后，政党分化与可再生能源消费呈负相关。该论文的研究结果通过证明党派两极分化对可再生能源消费的负面影响，显示了党派两极分化的另一个不利影响。