ENERGY POVERTY : IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTDARWANTO, PURBAYU BUDI SANTOSA, NENIK WOYANTI, MAAL NAYLAH AND HERNIWATI RETNO HANDAYANIAbstract This research develops multiple linear regression model and moderating regression analysis to determine the impact of income inequality on the relationship between renewable energy use and carbon emissions in Indonesia during the period of 1990 to 2017. This research uses productive population living in the cities, the use of fossil energy, and dummy (the rules regarding CO2 emissions) variables as control variables. The empirical result shows that income inequality can be a moderating variable for renewable energy relation; the more unequal income is, the stronger the negative relationship between renewable energy use and CO2emissions. Besides, this research also reveals the importance of rules to support renewable energy use in Indonesia which in turn is able to reduce carbon gas emissions in Indonesia as mitigating climate change that is getting obvious. |