Why Social Acceptance in South African Solar Water Heater Projects Should Shape National Energy Policy: The Case of Bluegumbosch

Mukwada, Geoffrey; Chingombe, Wisemen; Taru, Phillip

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n16p635

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“…'House type' was the most potent factor in technical categories. It comprises all types of house such as detached, semi-detached, apartment, villa, and farms, and in some cases, it includes building materials [53,76]. In fact, 'house type' is an influential factor in the possibility of system installation.…”

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Residential Solar Water Heater Adoption Behaviour: A Review of Economic and Technical Predictors and Their Correlation with the Adoption Decision

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The successful deployment of the solar water heater (SWH) in the residential sector relies on the household’s bounded rational decision-makers to accept this system. The decision is shaped by a wide spectrum of predictors that form heterogeneous behaviour. Over the past years, research has employed a wide range of these predictors to understand their role in the decision and predict the behaviour and diffusion rate of SWHs. This review primarily identifies economic and technical predictors of 100 quantitative and qualitative studies on the residential SWH adoption decision. For the identified predictors, their characteristics and popularity are explored in a structured and coherent framework. The review further investigates the correlation between the identified predictors and the adoption decision from 97 of the 100 initially reviewed studies. The outcome of the research revealed 123 (56 economic and 67 technical) predictors that were classified into seven categories. ‘Financial incentives’ and ‘perceived attitude towards government policies’ are among the most popular economic predictors, whereas ‘house type’ and ‘knowledge of SWH’ were the most frequent technical factors in the research. Analysing the correlation between 99 predictors and the decision also unfolded that certain attitudinal attributes have a stronger influence on the residential SWH take-up than some common factors (e.g., electricity cost, technical variables).

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“…As mentioned previously, many parameters introduced one concept (e.g., solar radiation) but had various manifestations. These were listed precisely because in some articles they were mentioned generally, whereas in others, they were stated in detail [76,86].…”

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Residential Solar Water Heater Adoption Behaviour: A Review of Economic and Technical Predictors and Their Correlation with the Adoption Decision

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Social acceptance of renewable energies: a meta-analytic review of 40 years of related literature

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Quintana-Rojo,

Tarancón

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Environ Dev Sustain

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The Importance of Using Solar Water Heater as an Alternative Eco-Friendly Technology in Global Market: Some Lessons of Experiences for Bangladesh Economy

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Mithila

2017

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Why Social Acceptance in South African Solar Water Heater Projects Should Shape National Energy Policy: The Case of Bluegumbosch

Abstract: This paper investigates the key determinants of the social acceptance of the Solar

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Residential Solar Water Heater Adoption Behaviour: A Review of Economic and Technical Predictors and Their Correlation with the Adoption Decision

Residential Solar Water Heater Adoption Behaviour: A Review of Economic and Technical Predictors and Their Correlation with the Adoption Decision

Social acceptance of renewable energies: a meta-analytic review of 40 years of related literature

The Importance of Using Solar Water Heater as an Alternative Eco-Friendly Technology in Global Market: Some Lessons of Experiences for Bangladesh Economy

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