Analysis of public attitudes and perceptions towards renewable energy sources in Montenegro

Djurisic, Vladimir; Smolović, Julija Cerović; Mišnić, Nikola; Rogić, Sunčica

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2020.08.059

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“…The perceived advantages of renewable energy (AD), perceived challenges of renewable energy (CH), and willingness to pay (WTP) were measured by seven, six, and two items, respectively, as proposed by Ntanos et al (2018) and Buchmayr et al (2021), whereas the subjective norm (SN), moral obligation (MO), and perceived behavior control (PBC) were measured by two items each proposed by Bhutto et al (2021). The items reflecting awareness (AW) were adapted from the study by Djurisic et al (2020); similarly, the items reflecting attitude (AT) were adapted from the studies of Ntanos et al (2018); Kaya et al (2019). A Likert scale with a maximum of five points, from "strongly disagree" (1) to "strongly agree" (5), was used to measure the aforementioned items.…”

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Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior

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With growing urbanization and increasing world population, energy demand also increases. A significant portion of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels, and these sources of energy are declining rapidly at the current consumption rate. There are also growing environmental concerns on the use of fossil fuels increasing greenhouse gas emissions. In this regard, renewable energy (RE) shows promising solutions which are both sustainable and environmentally friendly. Developed countries and leading organizations are investing heavily in the RE sector. However, the developing world has anxieties over social acceptability and people’s willingness to pay for renewable energy. This study is conducted in Pakistan to understand the public perception and willingness to pay. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was utilized with background factors such as awareness, perceived advantages, perceived challenges, and moral obligations to examine its influence on people’s willingness to pay. In addition to this, the study also assessed the indirect effects of background factors (awareness, perceived advantages, and perceived challenges) on willingness to pay through public attitude. Furthermore, the indirect relationship between background factors (awareness and moral obligation) and willingness to pay through subjective norms was also examined. A total of 512 samples were gathered from participants and were analyzed through partial least square–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and SPSS. The study findings are very interesting and back up our hypotheses that the background factors (awareness, perceived advantages, and perceived challenges) are positively associated with public attitude and have an indirect effect on willingness to pay through public attitude. Similarly, variables such as awareness and moral obligation are negatively and positively associated with subjective norms, respectively. However, the variables, awareness and moral obligation, have no indirect relationship with willingness to pay through subjective norms. Additionally, the study reveals that the components (attitude and perceived behavior control) of TPB have a significantly positive effect on willingness to pay. The study also concludes that the participants having formal education and knowledge about climate change and renewable energy are inclined toward green energy and are willing to pay, and they are hardly influenced by others' opinions. Furthermore, the study also provides insights for policymakers, suggestions, and recommendations for the future.

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Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior

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“…When it comes to Western Balkans Countries, a study of [30] about attitudes and preferences for RES was conducted in Montenegro. This paper shows that the importance of energy sufficiency is so low in comparison with price and location when deciding to purchase home equipment.…”

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Preferences and knowledge of farmers and internet-orientated population about renewable energy sources in Kosovo

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Bai

2023

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Our results introduce the preferences and attitudes of farmers and the internet-orientated population regarding renewable energy sources (RES) in Kosovo. The research included 243 internet-orientated participants and 30 farmers. The data was gathered through questionnaires (in both groups) and deep interviews (just in farmers). The results showed that the awareness of RES was high for especially solar, wind and hydro energy, the relationship among them was very strong. It was justified that firewood was typically used by respondents with low income, but not considered as renewable energy source, similarly to Hungary and the USA. A special feature of Kosovo is that electricity has very high importance for the man in the street, even for heating. Better education, higher income and environmental-consciousness definitely support better knowledge of RES, similarly to international tendencies. Males and employed participants had more knowledge about RES than females, or unemployed ones. Moreover, the results showed that the participants prefer environment rather than convenience, which is also typical of less wealthy countries. Our results might be useful as a typical less developed country case study for international comparison and helps to eliminate the unknown willingness in RES for the development of future agricultural strategies in Kosovo.

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“…Literature review can be also supplemented by articles on the transition to a post-carbon society worldwide. The attitudes and public perceptions towards the RES were the main topic of studies carried out in: Montenegro (Djurisic, Cerovic-Smolovic, Misnic, Rogic, 2020), India (Swain, Mishra, 2021), Korea (Ji-Bum, Eun-Sung, 2018). Local initiatives and civil society campaign employing environmental justice discourse in fossil fuel production area in New South Wales were the topic of an article prepared by Australian scholars (Evans, Phelan, 2016).…”

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Poles Towards Energy Transformation and Energy Sources – Sociological Perspective

Herudziński

Swacha²

2022

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The article presents the results of research on the issues of Poland’s energy transformation from a sociological perspective. The exploratory analysis covered the attitude of the Polish society to the energy transformation, i.e. a change in the methods of generating energy in Poland, which results from the climate policy adopted by the Polish government.1 The aim of the article is to present social awareness – the social expectations and perceptions of Poles regarding the energy transformation understood in this way – to determine whether the opinions and views of the Polish society are in line with the planned and implemented energy transformation processes. The article provides an answer to the question about the Polish society’s attitudes towards the energy transformation and energy sources – to what extent the attitudes towards the proposed solutions to the problems are positive, and to what extent negative. For this purpose, the method of analysing the existing statistical data was used The basis of the secondary data analysis are the results of public opinion polls, carried out by the Public Opinion Research Centre (CBOS) in the period from 19872 to 2021. The sociological perspective adopted here assumes that the energy transformation is not only an economic but also a social process. For this reason, public support, in particular the positive attitude of respondents to new energy sources, is considered an important element of its success.

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Analysis of public attitudes and perceptions towards renewable energy sources in Montenegro

Cited by 25 publications

References 27 publications

Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior

Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior

Preferences and knowledge of farmers and internet-orientated population about renewable energy sources in Kosovo

Poles Towards Energy Transformation and Energy Sources – Sociological Perspective

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