Social and market acceptance of photovoltaic panels and heat pumps in Europe: A literature review and survey

Peñaloza, Diego; Mata, Érika; Fransson, Nathalie; Fridén, Håkan; Samperio, Álvaro; Quijano, Ana; Cuneo, Alessandra

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111867

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“…48 Acceleration the market diffusion of heat pumps is crucial to the UK's decarbonization agenda; reflected by a national target of 600,000 installations per year by 2028, equivalent to a 20-fold increase compared to installations in 2019 [44]. While the UK is a notable laggard in heat pump adoption, parts of Europe face similar hurdles to increasing the market penetration of heat pumps, as well as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels [374]. Given the fundamental importance of UHS to the fulfilment of national hydrogen strategies [383,384], it is also evident that identified barriers and risks will apply to different extents for other subsurface activities linked to heat decarbonization, such as geothermal energy [375,376], and as previously discussed, CCS.…”

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Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

2023

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Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

2023

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“…Some of the cons discussed were the level of disruption for installation, installation costs, the potential need for insulation, noise, aesthetics, and space requirements. These findings are echoed by a European survey investigating attitudes toward heat pumps installed alongside solar photovoltaic panels (Peñaloza et al, 2022). This study found that economic aspects featured prominently in negative attitudes, whereas perceived reliability and environmental benefits were most prominent in positive attitudes.…”

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Public perceptions of heat decarbonization in Great Britain

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Heating contributes significant carbon emissions, especially in countries that rely heavily on natural gas as in the UK. Switching to low‐carbon heating is imperative for reaching international climate change targets. Understanding public perceptions and acceptance of low‐carbon heating systems is a crucial part of the successful rollout of alternatives. This review examines public perceptions of different low‐carbon heating technologies, namely heat pumps, hydrogen boilers, hybrid heating systems, and district heating, as well as social factors such as heat experiences. The review focuses on the UK as a case study, which is characterized by high reliance on natural gas for heating with little progress to decarbonize this sector to date. The next years will be critical regarding decision‐making on what low‐carbon heating technologies to pursue. The review shows there is generally low awareness amongst the general public of the need to decarbonize heating and of the low‐carbon heating alternatives. A number of factors have been identified as playing a crucial role in influencing public perceptions of all low‐carbon heating systems, such as installation and running cost, thermal comfort, disruption, level of control, and environmental benefits. However, the acceptance of a new heating system is not simply the sum of several factors, as people's priorities vary across different contexts and technologies. Further public engagement on low‐carbon heating and support (e.g., financial) is necessary for increasing uptake. Future research could explore comparisons between the different low‐carbon heating technologies, key enabling factors, trade‐offs, and concrete policy support.This article is categorized under: Climate and Environment > Net Zero Planning and Decarbonization Policy and Economics > Energy Transitions Human and Social Dimensions > Social Acceptance

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“…The literature of social acceptance has either overlooked them or has considered them implicitly as diffusion facilitators. They are investigated mainly in grey literature 0.0% [16]. They reported economic factors, legal issues, business models, and lack of information, and trust as the largest barriers against the businesspeople.…”

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Solar Business in an Oil-Rich Country? A Socio-technical Investigation of Solar PV Businesses in Iran

Aghlimoghadam¹

2023

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Taking a socio-technical perspective, I focus on solar businesses (niche market actors) in Iran. As one of the key stakeholder groups whose business prosperity is tied to the development of solar PV, they play a crucial role in accelerating the energy transition. Given the incumbent fossil-based electricity sector in Iran and the least enabling policies, I am first interested to find (i) the main drivers and barriers of solar businesses; and (ii) the roles these solar businesses play in bringing solar PV deployment forward in Iran. I collected the data via 20 semi-structured interviews with solar businesses in Golestan, Guilan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Eastern Azerbaijan Provinces in Iran. Taking an inductive approach, I considered sustainability transition and social acceptance theories as sensitising concepts to investigate common and specific points of solar business acceptance in Iran. I find ecological awareness, belief in intergenerational justice, and willingness to innovate, as the main intrinsic drivers and socioeconomic opportunity and tackling the energy imbalance as extrinsic drivers; while the lack of a common vision with the energy governors, and the low knowledge of solar PV among the customers, escalating prices, and challenges to accessing good quality solar equipment are the most prior obstacles. Moreover, I understand educating people, driving the innovative deployment of solar PV, and facilitating the diffusion of it, as the major roles of solar businesses in Iran. I find that the sustainability transition literature overlooked the key role of solar businesses specially in fossil-based and developing economies. My findings suggest that the positive intrinsic mechanisms among the solar businesses, in combination with better-enabling policy frameworks and external factors, like lifting the sanctions and joining the global energy market, climate change mitigation commitments and standards, can help solar businesspeople to lead and accelerate solar PV development in Iran.

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Social and market acceptance of photovoltaic panels and heat pumps in Europe: A literature review and survey

Cited by 39 publications

References 28 publications

Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

Public perceptions of heat decarbonization in Great Britain

Solar Business in an Oil-Rich Country? A Socio-technical Investigation of Solar PV Businesses in Iran

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