Citizens’ views on various forms of energy and their contribution to the environment

Energy and environmental attitudes in the green state of Denmark: Implications for energy democracy, low carbon transitions, and energy literacy

“…Denmark was one of the first countries to move toward a comprehensive use of environmental taxes and Ecological Tax Reform (Klok et al, 2006). Comparative studies of energy and environmental attitudes have also found that Danes are more attuned to environmental and sustainable energy issues Lenzena et al, 2006;Tampakis et al, 2013) and that they regard climate change as a more serious problem deserving of national attention (Mills and Schleich, 2012;Glaas et al, 2015).…”

Agro-energy districts contributing to environmental and social sustainability in rural areas: Evaluation of a local public–private partnership scheme in Greece

“…The local community for example is willing to support the project but only after understanding the benefits and the direct affects both environmental and societal. A point also made in the case of another form of RES [40].…”

“…In regards to RES only recently the Greek Law 3851/2010 3 simplified the licensing procedure trying to cope with the need to fulfill the 2020 goals [40] and integrate RES. It offers a fixed guaranteed price of 0.23 cents/KW for biomass utilization plants that established without public subsidies.…”

Comparing consumer perceptions of energy security, policy, and low-carbon technology: Insights from Denmark

“…Klok et al [29] posit that Denmark can be seen as part of a "first wave" of countries to move towards a comprehensive use of environmental taxes and Ecological Tax Reform, meaning Danes often act "greener" than other countries. Comparative studies of energy and environmental attitudes in either Europe or industrialized countries have also concluded that Danes are more attuned to environmental and sustainable energy issues [30,37,75]. One study noted that "in Denmark 31% of the population, considers climate change to be the single most serious problem facing the world" and that "in Denmark 45% of respondents state that it was 'more' important to save energy for greenhouse gas reductions" [45].…”