Social acceptance of solar energy technologies in China-End users' perspective

dc.contributor.authorYuan, X.
dc.contributor.authorZuo, J.
dc.contributor.authorMa, C.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractEnergy is essential to human beings. The increasing demand of energy has triggered the public scrutiny on the sustainability issues associated with the energy production and transmission. There have been a large number of studies focusing on reducing the environmental impacts associated with the energy sector. Renewable energy sources such as solar energy have been prompted to mitigate these environmental impacts. This research adopted a quantitative approach to investigate the social acceptance of solar energy technologies from end users’ perspective in Shandong province, China. A large scale questionnaire survey was conducted. The results show that there is a considerable high level of social acceptance and public awareness of solar water heater. However, another major application of solar energy, solar PV has not gained a high level of social acceptance or public awareness in Shandong. This study provides useful references for policy makers to further promote the utilization of solar energy innovations.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityXueliang Yuan, JianZuo, Chunyuan Ma
dc.identifier.citationEnergy Policy, 2011; 39(3):1031-1036
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.003
dc.identifier.issn0301-4215
dc.identifier.issn1873-6777
dc.identifier.orcidZuo, J. [0000-0002-8279-9666]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/109014
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rights© 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.003
dc.subjectSocial acceptance; solar energy; China
dc.titleSocial acceptance of solar energy technologies in China-End users' perspective
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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