Factors Influencing Consumer’s Adoption of Renewable Energy

Wall, William P.; Khalid, Bilal; Urbański, Mariusz; Kot, Michal

doi:10.3390/en14175420

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“…The necessity of improving the attitude of consumers toward the adoption of efficient and renewable energy sources has been highlighted by several authors [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Neves and Oliveira [1] reported the importance of energy labels to motivate consumers to adopt an efficient heating appliance; the activity presented in this paper covers the gap of the installed appliances introduced in the market before EU Regulations 811/2013 and 812/2013 came into force.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The penetration of efficient and renewable heating solutions faces several barriers hindering a wider acceptance by end users despite the fact that several of these solutions are already available in the market [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Different options for space heating systems and water heaters can be found in the literature, including heat pumps and hybrid systems, a combination of solar thermal or PV systems with other generation systems and improvement of control strategies [7][8][9][10][11][12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Labeling of Installed Heating Appliances in Residential Buildings: An Energy Labeling Methodology for Improving Consumers’ Awareness

Menegon

Lobosco²,

Micò

et al. 2021

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In the EU 28, the installed heating appliance stock is quite old, with an actual replacement rate of 4%. This is directly reflected in the average efficiency of the installed heating systems, where around 60% of the stock is rated with an energy class of C or D (the lowest classes of the energy label scale). The European project HARP aims at raising consumers’ awareness of the planned replacement of their old and inefficient heating appliances with more efficient and renewable solutions. In this direction, an energy labeling methodology for old appliances has been developed to rate the installed stock before the introduction of the EU energy label. The methodology has been developed for space heating appliances and water heaters, targeting two types of users: end consumers and professional users. The validation considered about 4600 space heating appliances and 800 water heaters built between 1972 and 2019. Three heating appliances and two water heaters were tested in the laboratory, confirming the reliability of the proposed methodology. The expected impact of defining an energy labeling methodology for installed heating appliances increases the current replacement rate of these appliances in the EU from 4% to 5%.

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

Labeling of Installed Heating Appliances in Residential Buildings: An Energy Labeling Methodology for Improving Consumers’ Awareness

Menegon

Lobosco²,

Micò

et al. 2021

Energies

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“…According to [16], renewable energy produces 99% fewer greenhouse gases compared to the energy from traditional coal and oil. The use of renewable energy is critical in ensuring environmental conservation through reducing global warming and, consequently, climate change [17,18]. The increased environmental concerns positively impact the adoption and use of renewable energy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating Consumers’ Adoption of Renewable Energy

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the consumers’ adoption of renewable energy in Poland. The study focused on finding out the factors that influence the adoption of the technology, considering its importance in conserving the environment. The study was conducted using a quantitative method, with primary data collected from 467 households using renewable energy technology in Poland. The research adopted the TAM model. The independent variables of the study included renewable energy initial cost, environmental concern, risk and trust for renewable energy, ease of use, financial incentives, and relative advantage. The dependent variable was renewable energy adoption. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the study hypotheses. The research found out that environmental concerns, ease of use, financial incentives, and relative advantage have a positive and significant influence on adoption of renewable energy technology in Poland. However, renewable energy initial cost and risk, and trust for renewable energy did not significantly influence renewable energy adoption. The study recommended that the stakeholders should consider the aspects of environmental concern as a key role player in pushing for adoption of renewable energy. The government, non-governmental organizations, and concerned stakeholders should consider giving incentives towards renewable energy adoption. Creating awareness regarding the benefits and strengths of renewable energy should be prioritized to the households.

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“…It sets out a global action plan to save humanity from the threat of far-reaching climate change by limiting global warming to below 2 • C and aiming to keep it at 1.5 • C [71]. Achieving this goal is possible by drastically reducing fossil fuels, for it is fossil fuels that have made the energy sector the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and hence the major contributor to global warming [72][73][74][75][76] and it is low-carbon electricity that is a prerequisite to reduce fossil fuel use and to mitigate CO 2 emissions [77,78]. This problem is taken particularly seriously in the European Union [79].…”

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Managing the Energy Transition through Discourse. The Case of Poland

Krzywda

Androniceanu

2021

Energies

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Since energy transition has become a necessity, many countries are developing decarbonization plans and looking for ways to reduce CO2 emissions. The process takes different forms, most often being affected by local conditions, which means that it takes place in each country differently, due to the country’s social and economic specifics. One of the countries that has just started its energy transition process is Poland. The case of Poland is extremely interesting, as it is a country whose economy is still heavily dependent on coal and there are very strong traditions related to this particular source of energy. On the other hand, Poland has two very good reasons to move away from coal. The complexity and comprehensiveness of the energy transition results, among other things, from the diversity of actors involved in this issue and the multiplicity of their, often conflicting, interests. Using a critical discourse analysis, this paper attempts to show how those actors attempt to shape the transition through the discourses which they generate. The study covers the media discourse that took place in Poland between September 2020 and May 2021, i.e., a time when the Polish government negotiated with representatives of the miners’ trade unions the terms of Poland’s transition from coal. A critical analysis of the texts that appeared in the media during this time provides a picture of how different groups of social actors perceive the transition and how they try to manage that process.

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Factors Influencing Consumer’s Adoption of Renewable Energy

Cited by 61 publications

References 56 publications

Labeling of Installed Heating Appliances in Residential Buildings: An Energy Labeling Methodology for Improving Consumers’ Awareness

Labeling of Installed Heating Appliances in Residential Buildings: An Energy Labeling Methodology for Improving Consumers’ Awareness

Evaluating Consumers’ Adoption of Renewable Energy

Managing the Energy Transition through Discourse. The Case of Poland

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