Perceptions on Renewable Energy Use in Malaysia: Mediating Role of Attitude

Ahmad, Azlina; Rashid, Mamunur; Omar, Nor Asiah; Alam, Syed Shah

doi:10.17576/pengurusan-2014-41-11

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“…The support of H10 (awareness) is consistent with the studies by Alam et al [8,97] and Ahmad et al [99]. The regression results show that awareness β = 0.330 (ρ = 0.001) is the strongest predictor of PV solar technology adoption intention.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…There is a significant relationship between compatibility and intention to use PV solar technology in the household. Previous studies on technology adoption [30,78,[93][94][95][96][97][98][99] have shown that relative advantage, compatibility, ease of use, trialability, and observability positively affect technology adoption intention. The Folorunso [100] and Zolait [101] studies confirmed that compatibility, observability, and trialability have a positive and significant effect on attitude.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Factors Affecting Photovoltaic Solar Technology Usage Intention among Households in Malaysia: Model Integration and Empirical Validation

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The objective of this research is to identify the antecedents affecting the behavioural intentions of local housing residences in using photovoltaic (PV) solar technology in their houses. An integrated model of behavioural intention to use PV solar technology is tested in this research. This study combined the theory of reason action (TRA), technology acceptance model (TAM), theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory. Additional factors, including cost, awareness, and government initiatives, are also included in this model. The proposed model findings are based on empirical data from a sample of 382 residences in Malaysia. This study postulates that the intent to use PV solar technology is predicted by trialability, compatibility, perceived ease of use, relative advantage, observability, perceived behavioural control, attitude, subjective norms, cost, government initiatives, and level of awareness towards photovoltaic technology. The integrated model achieves 54% variance explained for usage intention of PV solar technology among housing residences in Malaysia. The findings suggest an integrated model for the acceptance intention of PV solar technology, which can assist stakeholders in planning, evaluating, and executing PV solar technology.

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confidence: 89%

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“…perceived utility of new technology (b = 0.204, t = 3.818, p < 0.001), perceived benefit of new technology (b = 0.418, t = 7.307, p < 0.001) and perceived utility of RE (b = 0.094, t = 2.063, p < 0.05). These results indicate similar findings from previous studies by Teng et al (2009), Claudy et al (2013), Zahari et al (2013), Ahmad et al (2014), Alam et al (2014), Park and Ohm (2014) and Park and Kwon (2017). Claudy et al (2013) confirmed that perceived value and benefits of RE have led 254 homeowners in Ireland to adopt RE.…”

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Drivers and inhibitors adopting renewable energy: an empirical study in Malaysia

Zahari¹,

Esa²

2018

IJESM

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the drivers and inhibitors of the adoption of renewable energy by residential users. Based on the theoretical framework of consumer decision-making behaviour, an empirical study of the adoption of renewable energy in Malaysia was conducted. Design/methodology/approach A total of 501 residential users from the Klang Valley participated in this study. The data were analysed using partial least square (PLS) with Smart PLS 3.0 software. Findings The results indicated that the perceived utility of new technology, perceived utility of renewable energy and the perceived benefit of new technology were seen as the drivers of the adoption of renewable energy. At the same time, two inhibitor constructs, namely, perceived risk and perceived no need, were not seen to create a negative connection relating to the adoption of renewable energy. By contrast, as hypothesized, the perceived expense was the only factor that negatively correlated with the intentions to adopt renewable energy. To foster the intention to adopt renewable energy by residential users, more effort should be expended on capitalizing on the constructs of perceived benefits of new technology and the perceived utility of this new technology. Originality/value The current study contributes to the use of renewable energy in the country and indirectly to global renewable energy strategies.

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“…[41]), NIMBYism (e.g., Refs. [12,24]), willingness-to-pay/use [3,42], and public support [35,9]. Batel et al [4] highlights that an agreement on how to measure acceptance is missing, and criticizes the resulting lack of comparability of concepts and results regarding public acceptance.…”

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Community acceptance of large-scale solar energy installations in developing countries: Evidence from Morocco

Hanger

Komendantova

Schinke³

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Energy Research & Social Science

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Renewable energy production is climbing the public agenda in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region), for reasons of energy security, independence and local value creation. While technical and economic barriers are largely understood, in this paper we investigate the issue of community acceptance. In so doing, we explore the importance of relevant drivers of community acceptance such as level of expected socioeconomic and environmental impacts, procedural and distributive justice, and trust. We conducted 232 face-to-face interviews with the local population in Ouarzazate in Morocco, the building site of a flagship project for concentrated solar power in the MENA region. We find that community acceptance is almost universal, particularly because solar power is perceived to be environmentally friendly. At the same time perceived level of knowledge about the project is very low, which is positively linked to the high level of acceptance. Our data suggest that there may be some social desirability bias distorting community acceptance; only long-term experience with the project will show whether hopes for job creation will be fulfilled and high levels of acceptance can be maintained.

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Perceptions on Renewable Energy Use in Malaysia: Mediating Role of Attitude

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Factors Affecting Photovoltaic Solar Technology Usage Intention among Households in Malaysia: Model Integration and Empirical Validation

Factors Affecting Photovoltaic Solar Technology Usage Intention among Households in Malaysia: Model Integration and Empirical Validation

Drivers and inhibitors adopting renewable energy: an empirical study in Malaysia

Community acceptance of large-scale solar energy installations in developing countries: Evidence from Morocco

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