Motivations and barriers associated with adopting microgeneration energy technologies in the UK

Balcombe, Paul; Rigby, Dan; Azapagic, Adisa

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.012

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“…It is worth noting that there have been significant cost reductions in PV technologies as the market for devices in the UK has expanded (Balcombe et al, 2013), which has had implications both for the level of capital required and the PV tariff levels.…”

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“…Literature A small number of papers have examined the uptake of small scale renewable energy devices by households (Bergman and Jardine, 2009;Hawkes et al, 2011;Baskaran et al, 2013;Balcombe et al, 2013). A common theme in these studies is the importance of controlling for key socio-economic characteristics, e.g.…”

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“…income, housing wealth, etc. (Bergman and Jardine, 2009;Balcombe et al, 2013;Baskaran et al, 2013), as well as housing characteristics such as tenure (whether the property is owned or rented, for example) and property type (Hawkes et al, 2011;Balcombe et al, 2013). Further, Hawkes et al (2011) shows that the availability of appropriately qualified installers affects local uptake.…”

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“…Further, Hawkes et al (2011) shows that the availability of appropriately qualified installers affects local uptake. Balcombe et al (2013) examines consumers' adoption of micro-generation technologies in the UK, and conclude that the most significant barrier is capital costs. Balcombe et al (2013) also show that the key factors affecting uptake include housing wealth, home ownership and the type of property.…”

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“…Balcombe et al (2013) examines consumers' adoption of micro-generation technologies in the UK, and conclude that the most significant barrier is capital costs. Balcombe et al (2013) also show that the key factors affecting uptake include housing wealth, home ownership and the type of property. Bergman and Jardine (2009) looked at the uptake of domestic micro-generation under the Low Carbon Building Programme and demonstrates that significant spatial variation in the uptake of devices between areas still exists, even after controlling for a range of socio-economic and housing characteristics.…”

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The introduction of a Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) support mechanism has spurred development of small-scale domestic renewable electricity generation throughout Great Britain (GB), however the spatial pattern of uptake has been been uneven, suggesting that local, as well as between neighbourhood factors may be at important. As well as confirming that local socio-economic factors, including wealth, housing type and population density are found to be important in explaining uptake of this policy, local "green" attitudes -measured in three different ways -are shown not to be important. Existing local technical expertise, proxied for using data on smallscale renewable electricity devices in each area prior to the introduction of FIT, is an important factor in explaining subsequent adoption. Critically, we also find that there are spatial (i.e. between neighbourhood) processes explaining the uptake of these technologies. Taken together, our results suggest that, as currently designed, FIT policy may be regressive in income and could exacerbate spatial economic inequalities.

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Several sociological works have highlighted the non-technical barriers in the implementation process of green facilities and energy efficiency technologies. These researches have identified some of the main variables involved in the so-called sustainable transition process. They have also suggested some possible strategies to overcome the limits to promoting sustainable energy. Despite these scientific considerations, the dissemination of a microdistributed green generation—which seems to represent a deep shift in the current energy regime—is less developed compared to the renewable big facilities. Using statistics data from different sources on Italy, the aim of this work is to understand which dimensions appear to be important in overcoming non-technical barriers in the development of microdistributed green energy generation, in particular domestic photovoltaic plants and building insulation systems. Through the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM), we present some preliminary insight in exploring the non-technical barriers involved in the microgreen

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Motivations and barriers associated with adopting microgeneration energy technologies in the UK

Cited by 176 publications

References 27 publications

Green in the heart or greens in the wallet? The spatial uptake of small-scale renewable technologies

Green in the heart or greens in the wallet? The spatial uptake of small-scale renewable technologies

Exploring Barriers in the Sustainable Microgeneration: Preliminary Insights Thought the PLS-PM Approach

Prosumers’ Digital Business Models for Electric Vehicles: Exploring Microfoundations for a Balanced Policy Approach

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