Chinese university students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding forest bio-energy

Qu, Mei; Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa; Tahvanainen, Liisa; Gritten, David; Mola‐Yudego, Blas; Pelkonen, Paavo

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.002

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“…The sustainability of RES projects can also receive the benefits of education because education can empower community inhabitants, making them more knowledgeable of the benefits of the technology and more able to operate and maintain the technologies themselves [71,72]. By having more knowledge about the benefits of RES, communities are more likely to accept and embrace them [73][74][75][76][77][78]. Educating the target population about the benefits of RES is vital to counteract any negative preconceptions or scepticism associated with the use of these technologies [79].…”

Section: Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

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Rapid population growth and increasing concern related to improving the living standards in impoverished communities without damaging the natural environment have drawn attention to the adoption of renewable energy systems (RES) around the world. Despite this global trend, the implementation of these projects has not succeeded completely in rural poor communities due to several factors, including social barriers faced at the time of their execution. These social barriers lead to poor acceptance of the projects and their consequent abandonment. Acceptance is a social construct that is influenced by several factors that need to be understood to achieve successful and sustainable results in the future. In this paper, we develop a conceptual model, based on principles of sustainability and systems thinking, to understand the interrelationships among the main factors that have been reported in the literature as key to determining the sustainability and community acceptance of RES projects. To do so, we review the existing literature on sustainability and social acceptance of RES and then construct a causal-loop diagram of their driving factors. While doing so, we also view the problem through the lens of the sustainable livelihoods framework, aiming to maintain the perspective of rural communities and observing the impacts of RES on their contextual reality. The resulting model helps to understand the multiple interactions that RES projects have with rural communities as well as identify potential intervention points for future projects. We end the paper with a discussion of the implications of the model and how can it be used to inform future rural energy decision making.

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Section: Human Capitalmentioning

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“…Level of education [3,5,[68][69][70][73][74][75][76][77][78] "Among other benefits, access to electricity/ . .…”

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“…Citizens in some studies indicate that they would support bioenergy if it had a positive environmental impact compared to fossil fuels [13,27,28]. In fact, the perceived environmental attributes of biofuels are found to be a major factor in consumers' choice of biomassbased fuels at gas stations in some studies [21,26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the last decade, many publications have focused on stakeholder perceptions of bioenergy and biofuels for transportation by studying the attitudes and sometimes the behavior of the stakeholders [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Although a high percentage of these studies have an international focus, they still provide extremely useful information about bioenergy acceptance and stakeholder concerns, as this industry gains momentum across the globe.…”

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Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

2016

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Background: The goal of the study is to examine the general public's understanding and perceptions of bioenergy and biofuels in North Carolina (NC) and Tennessee (TN). The study focuses on the public concerns, support and risk evaluations of alternative bioenergy feedstocks and biofuels, and includes an assessment of the economic, environmental, social, and policy impacts of bioenergy production and use. Methods: A sample of consumers in NC and TN were surveyed in the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014 for their perceptions about bioenergy and specifically, biofuels for transportation. Five hundred eighty-six consumers completed the questionnaire electronically (376 in NC and 210 in TN). Results: Respondents reported that the price and vehicle compatibility with biomass-based transportation fuels were the most important factors in their choice of biofuels over gasoline at a pump. Results show that the acceptance of bioenergy depends on the extent of knowledge and available information to consumers about the energy source. A principal component analysis (PCA) indicated seven distinct dimensions of consumer's perception about bioenergy. The key dimensions are the following: how bioenergy benefits the society, risks of bioenergy use, government support for bioenergy, increase in food cost, conditional use of trees, support for low-cost biofuel alternative to current energy, and market attributes of bioenergy purchase. Conclusions: The findings from this study reflect the need for communicating the benefits and risks from the use of bioenergy to the general public through trustworthy channels of communication and targeted policy, market, and institutional support.

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“…Concerning biomass power, positive attitudes have been found towards renewable energy, however, slightly less positive towards forest-based bio-energy (Qu et al, 2011). For example, a study on ninth grade students revealed more positive attitudes towards bio-energy compared to their perceptions.…”

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Exploring the social acceptance of biomass power

Nuortimo

Härkönen

Karvonen

2017

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Public acceptance and positive media image are among the key features in technology market deployment aside any technical, legal and economic questions. The way technologies appear in various forms of media has a tendency to shape the public acceptance. This study analyses the media image of biomass power in order to understand the recent technology developments needed to overcome global warming. The media sentiment is analysed from both editorial and social media by using M-adaptive tool for media monitoring. The analysis covers three million social media platforms, hundred thousand news outlets in over seventy languages over 236 regions covering a vast number of data points. The results indicate that the public sentiment towards biomass power is more positive in editorial publications than in the social media. It appears that the increasing role of social media for public acceptance may need to be acknowledged in technology deployment issues.

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Chinese university students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding forest bio-energy

Cited by 59 publications

References 35 publications

On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

Exploring the social acceptance of biomass power

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