Green Priorities: How economic frames affect perceptions of renewable energy in the United States

Bayülgen, Okşan; Benegal, Salil

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.017

Cited by 49 publications

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“…Project details could be important because they reveal possible environmental, economic, aesthetic, or social impacts [7, 36, 12, 19]. This line of reasoning is consistent with recent work that emphasizes that people’s opinion toward energy is based on their perceptions of the attributes of energy sources [37, 38, 22]. Specifically, this work shows that perceptions of the local environmental harms and economic costs that people associate with different modes of electricity generation are central to their views.…”

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Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

2019

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A crucial factor in U.S. energy infrastructure development is the degree to which citizens that reside near a development support or oppose the project. While the literature offers several explanations about what shapes individuals’ perceptions of energy projects, few have considered the importance of cognitive heuristics and the law of contagion. Here, we employ a survey experiment on a nationally-representative sample of 2,000 respondents to test whether knowing which energy resources connect to a high-voltage transmission line dictate support for the line. Results reveal that information about the source of electricity is fundamentally important. If a transmission line is said to carry electricity from a solar and wind development, a respondent is significantly more likely to support development of the line. If the line instead is said to carry electricity from a natural gas or coal plant, respectively, respondents are significantly less likely to support it. This study has implications for energy infrastructure development, messaging, and public acceptance of energy projects.

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Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

2019

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“…For instance, [69] concluded that solar PV was still more costly than traditional electricity. During purchasing circumstances, consumers also think about cost details to address monetary deficits [70]. Solar energy is relatively expensive since solar PV projects necessitate a large initial investment [15].…”

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Do Perceived Risk, Perception of Self-Efficacy, and Openness to Technology Matter for Solar PV Adoption? An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

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Solar PV (photovoltaic) technology has gained considerable attention worldwide, as it can help reduce the adverse effects of CO2 emissions. Though the government of Pakistan is adopting solar PV technology due to its environmental friendliness nature, studies focusing on consumer’s acceptance of solar PV are limited in the country. This research aims to close this knowledge gap by looking into the various considerations that may influence consumers’ willingness to adopt (WTA) solar PV for household purposes. The study further contributes by expanding the conceptual framework of the theory of planned behavior by including three novel factors (perceived risk, perception of self-efficacy, and openness to technology). The analysis is based on questionnaire data collected from 683 households in Pakistan’s provincial capitals, including Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Gilgit, and Karachi. The proposed hypotheses are investigated using the state-of-the-art structural equation modeling approach. The empirical results reveal that social norms, perception of self-efficacy, and belief about solar PV benefits positively influence consumers’ WTA solar PV. On the contrary, the perceived risk and solar PV cost have negative effects. Notably, the openness to technology has an insignificant effect. This study can help government officials and policymakers explore cost-effective, risk-free technologies to lessen the environmental burden and make the country more sustainable. Based on research results, study limitations, as well as prospective research directions, are also addressed.

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“…It is evident from the literature that energy [12][13][14], energy consumption [15,16], and renewable energy have remained the major research interest for many academics. Similarly, the causal link between renewable energy and economic performance [17][18][19], and renewable energy and sustainable development [20][21][22] were studied in many articles. Biophysical, ecological, economic analysts and historians believe that economic performance is significantly influenced by the availability of energy inputs.…”

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Analyzing long-term empirical interactions between renewable energy generation, energy use, human capital, and economic performance in Pakistan

Fatima

Ahmad

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Background: The current research attempts to systematically investigate the causal interactions between renewable energy generation, aggregated energy use, human capital, and economic performance in Pakistan both in a short-term and long-term test for the period of 1990-2016. Methods: As a primary step, a unit root analysis was conducted employing, among others, an augmented Dickey-Fuller-generalized least squares (ADF-GLS) test. Based on the order of integration I(1), the Johansen and Juselius (JJ) co-integration testing was employed to confirm a long-term causality analysis, which was followed by a vector error correction model (VECM) to calculate the short-run Granger causality analysis. Furthermore, the vector autoregressive (VAR)-based Cholesky test allowed the standard deviation impulse response functions to be generated to explain the responses of variables to arbitrary shocks in the data series under analysis. Results: The empirical findings unearthed the bilateral causal connection between aggregated energy use and economic performance, renewable energy generation and economic performance, and human capital and economic performance. Thus, it confirmed the existence of feedback effects for aggregated energy use, renewable energy generation, and human capital in their relation to economic performance. Likewise, a unilateral positive causal connection was revealed running from renewable energy generation and human capital to aggregated energy use, and from human capital to renewable energy generation in both a long-term and short-term test. Additionally, the causal association running from aggregated energy use and renewable energy generation to economic performance was exposed in a long-term as well as short-term test, hence supporting the growth hypothesis. Conclusions: The findings signified the importance of an enhanced generation of renewable energy along with the promotion of an aggregated energy use for the economic performance in Pakistan.

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Green Priorities: How economic frames affect perceptions of renewable energy in the United States

Cited by 49 publications

References 40 publications

Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

Do Perceived Risk, Perception of Self-Efficacy, and Openness to Technology Matter for Solar PV Adoption? An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

Analyzing long-term empirical interactions between renewable energy generation, energy use, human capital, and economic performance in Pakistan

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