Topcu, MertTurgut, Can2025-01-062025-01-0620232328-893010.1021/acs.estlett.3c006962-s2.0-85177167868https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00696https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/3101This study examines the nonlinear impacts of technological development on the renewable energy transition in 54 countries from 2002 to 2019. The empirical findings indicate the following: (i) An increase in technology leads to an increase in renewable energy production in high-income countries, whereas technological development triggers nonrenewable energy production in low-income countries. (ii) Small government size and low levels of financial development hurt the technology-driven renewable transition in low-income countries, while large government size and greater levels of financial development crowd out the stimulative effects of technology on the clean transition in high-income countries. (iii) The highest volatility in the technology elasticity of renewable production comes from countries with different governance qualities. (iv) The renewable energy transition process entails a larger per capita income in high-income countries than in low-income countries.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesstechnologyrenewable transitionthresholdregressionfinancial developmentgovernment sizegovernance qualityArticle109511Q1109010WOS:001094411700001Q1