Can biomass energy curtail environmental pollution? A quantum model approach to Germany

This paper aims to investigate the causal relationship amongrenewable energy technologies,biomass energyconsumption, per capita GDP, and CO2emissions for Germany. We constructed an innovative algorithm, the Quantum model, and applied it with Machine Learning experiments – through a software capable of emulating aquantum system– to data over the period of 1990–2018. This process is possible after eliminating the “irreversibility” of classical computations (unitary transformations) by making the process “reversible”. The empirical findings support the powerful role of biomass energy in reducingcarbon dioxide emissions, although the effect of renewable energy technology displays a much stronger magnitude. Moreover, income remains an important determinant of environmental pollution in Germany.