A Multidimensional Evaluation of Renewable and Nuclear Energy among Higher Education Students

Berényi, László; Birkner, Zoltán; Deutsch, Nikolett

doi:10.3390/su12041449

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“…Moreover, the system structure of the distribution may affect usability and acceptance [18]. Relevant literature confirms the authors' opinion [14] [19] [20] [20] [22] that an extensive multicriteria evaluation must be applied for exploring the factors of acceptance by considering the local issues [23].…”

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Assessment of the Future Role of Some Energy Sources by Higher Education Students in Hungary

Berényi

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2020

Wseas Transactions on Environment and Development

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Serving the ever-increasing energy demand of the world by preventing the excessive deterioration of the environment requires the continuous development of energy technologies. Both renewable and nuclear power are reasonable alternatives to fossil sources. Beyond the engineering and economic issues, the social acceptance of the technologies is an essential factor. Recent literature pays growing attention to learning students' attitudes to renewable energy and sustainability since they are the future users and the decision-makers. Targeted actions in the field need thorough investigations about the opinions, attitudes, and knowledge level of the new generations. This paper contributes to a better understanding of higher education students' approaches to renewable and nuclear energy in Hungary by a voluntary online survey on evaluation and ranking the energy sources. The research sample includes 328 business, engineering, and state science students from various Hungarian universities. The results show the respondents are optimistic about favorable future changes in the utilization of renewable energies, but the opinions are scattered. Using the energy sources, sparingly seems to be more acceptable by the respondents than making financial sacrifices for a greener solution. The results of the pairwise comparison pointed out that solar power and wind power are considered decisive and acceptable sources. There is a general distrust of nuclear energy among the respondents. The analysis did not find significant differences between the responses of students from different faculties. The evaluations confirm a positive approach to sustainability and the particular emphasis on solar power. The result shows the need for knowledge formation that the assessment of the future role is not in line with the professional opinion and the national strategy

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Assessment of the Future Role of Some Energy Sources by Higher Education Students in Hungary

Berényi

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2020

Wseas Transactions on Environment and Development

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“…Thus, AHP is a powerful tool for comparison and ranking intangible criteria and solutions [16]. Many manuscripts have posed questions regarding the possible support of AHP related to sustainable development topics [17], and many other pairwise comparison approaches are available that are related to sustainability issues [18,19]. As highlighted by [20], AHP can be combined with almost all the well-known MCDM methods.…”

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A Novel AHP-PRISM Risk Assessment Method—An Empirical Case Study in a Nuclear Power Plant

Bognár

Benedek

2022

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Risk assessment methods are a continuously developing field in research and practice. Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods, like AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), have a significant role in traditional risk assessment development. The PRISM (Partial Risk Map) methodology is a novel risk assessment method aiming at safety and reliability-sensitive operational fields. Since the PRISM method initially applies deterministic evaluation scales just like many traditional risk assessment techniques, this research focuses on developing the PRISM method by combining it with AHP. Thus, the new AHP-PRISM method can create more sensitive rankings than the original method, and the consistency of the expert group can also be tested after the assessment. By applying the consistency test, the reliability of the assessment can be described, which is necessary for a safety culture environment. Based on a real-life case study in a nuclear power plant (NPP), the new AHP-PRISM method is tested.

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“…How will higher education levels affect the adoption of renewable energy and nuclear power? Based on the research of 250 randomly selected Hungarian higher education students, Berényi et al [ 70 ] showed that solar energy is appreciated, but confidence in nuclear power is low, except for its future role. These results suggest that general knowledge and education level can perform different functions for different energy sources.…”

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Searching for New Human Behavior Model in Explaining Energy Transition: Exploring the Impact of Value and Perception Factors on Inconsistency of Attitude toward Policy Support and Intention to Pay for Energy Transition

Kim

2022

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The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the factors influencing the public’s attitude toward policy support and intention to pay for energy transition from nuclear to renewable energy. We focus on inconsistency issues between attitude and intention. To this end, we set the attitude toward policy support and behavioral intention to pay as dependent variables, and value factors (i.e., ideology, political support for the current Moon Jae-in government, environmentalism, and science-technology optimism) and perception factors (i.e., perceived risk, benefit, knowledge, and trust) as the independent variables. Based on a survey, the analysis showed that at the variable level, the perceived benefits and trust in renewable energy and perceived risks and benefits in nuclear energy influenced the attitude toward policy support and the intention to pay for energy transition. Second, when evaluating the explanatory power of independent variables, the attitude toward the energy transition was affected in the following order: (1) perceived benefit in nuclear power (β = 0.259) > (2) perceived benefit in renewable energy (β = −0.219) > (3) perceived risk in nuclear energy (β = 0.202) > (4) Moon Jae-in government support (β = 0.146). On the other hand, behavioral intention to pay for energy transition was influenced in the following order: (1) trust in renewable energy (β = 0.252) > (2) Moon Jae-in government support (β = 0.154) > (3) perceived risk in nuclear energy (β = 0.139) > (4) perceived benefit in renewable energy (β = 0.099). Third, variables such as environmentalism, perceived benefit/risk/trust in renewable energy, and perceived benefit/risk in nuclear energy affected inconsistency between attitude toward policy support and intention to pay for energy transition.

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A Multidimensional Evaluation of Renewable and Nuclear Energy among Higher Education Students

Cited by 9 publications

References 49 publications

Assessment of the Future Role of Some Energy Sources by Higher Education Students in Hungary

Assessment of the Future Role of Some Energy Sources by Higher Education Students in Hungary

A Novel AHP-PRISM Risk Assessment Method—An Empirical Case Study in a Nuclear Power Plant

Searching for New Human Behavior Model in Explaining Energy Transition: Exploring the Impact of Value and Perception Factors on Inconsistency of Attitude toward Policy Support and Intention to Pay for Energy Transition

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