Assessment of public awareness, acceptance and attitudes towards renewable energy in Kenya.

Oluoch, Sydney; Lal, Pankaj; Susaeta, Andres; Vedwan, Neeraj

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00512

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“…This result resonates with our prior expectation as men are more financially capable of adopting and accepting technological changes and improvement. This result confirms a similar study conducted in Kenya, also on the African continent, by [13], who indicated that the female population is less likely to accept the development of wind and geothermal energies. However, [57], who also focused on green consumerism, found out that women are more concerned about issues relating to the environment and, as a result, will want to push for a cleaner source of energy generation.…”

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“…Finally, it is also essential to include the public in policy formulation, especially for technologies such as RETs that require the general populace's support to succeed. According to [13], the usual top-down approach relative to policy formulation and implementation should be discouraged. It thus suggests that governments around the African continent who are pushing for a strong inclusion of RE in their electricity generation mix must factor the views of their citizens in policy formulation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For this reason, studies such as this must be encouraged to help collect, analyze, and interpret the views of society to arrive at a robust policy for the sector. Such an approach will safeguard the social, environmental, and economic interests of the various countries on the continent [13].…”

Section: The Implications For Ghana's Re Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

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Despite the enormous renewable energy (RE) resources available in Ghana, the country has not seen much development and investments in the sector. Therefore, the government has committed to increasing the share of RE in the country’s electricity generation mix to some 10% by 2030. However, this cannot be achieved without the Ghanaian people’s support since the RE sector is capital intensive and requires both public and private sector participation. This study was conducted to evaluate RE’s social acceptance among Ghanaian people using the ordered logit regression model. A total of 999 valid questionnaires out of 1020 distributed questionnaires were considered for the study. The five-point Likert scale was employed to rank their willingness to accept (WTA) RE. From the results, it was observed that there is a general sense of acceptance of renewable energy among Ghanaians. However, the level of acceptance varies from one respondent to another. The study observed that a majority of the respondents (i.e., approximately 45.65%) agree to their WTA renewable energy, while 36.04% strongly agree. The results also indicate that while 6.21% and 0.3% disagree and strongly disagree, 11.81% of the respondents were indifferent regarding their willingness to accept renewable energy development and utilization in Ghana.

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“…The success in the implementation of GHG and climate change mitigation policies depends on public involvement and willingness to adapt their energy consumption behaviors (Keramitsoglou 2016 ). People as significant contributors to energy consumption can influence energy policy by sharing their opinions and views regarding the unfair distribution of renewable energy development burdens and benefits (Oluoch et al 2020 ). Successful energy and GHG mitigation policies entail inclusive people input to improve their institutional and regulatory environment (Omenge et al 2019 ; Yang et al 2020 ).…”

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“…Successful energy and GHG mitigation policies entail inclusive people input to improve their institutional and regulatory environment (Omenge et al 2019 ; Yang et al 2020 ). Therefore, studies on people perceptions and preferences of renewable energy help policy-makers to design sustainable renewable energy policies (Oluoch et al 2020 )…”

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Perceptions of GHG emissions and renewable energy sources in Europe, Australia and the USA

Zhang

Abbas

Iqbal

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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People’s sentiments and perceptions of greenhouse gas emission and renewable energy are important information to understand their reaction to the planned mitigation policy. Therefore, this research analyzes people’s perceptions of greenhouse gas emissions and their preferences for renewable energy resources using a sample of Twitter data. We first identify themes of discussion using semantic text similarity and network analysis. Next, we measure people’s interest in renewable energy resources based on the mentioned rate in Twitter and search interest in Google trends. Then, we measure people’s sentiment toward these resources and compare the interest with sentiments to identify opportunities for policy improvement. The results indicate a minor influence of governmental assemblies on Twitter discourses compared to a very high influence of two renewable energy providers amounts to more than 40% of the tweeting activities related to renewable energy. The search interest analysis shows a slight shift in people’s interest in favor of renewable energy. The interest in geothermal energy is decreasing while interest in biomass energy is increasing. The sentiment analysis shows that biomass energy has the highest positive sentiments while solar and wind energy have higher interest. Solar and wind energy are found to be the two most promising sources for the future energy transition. Our study implies that governments should practice a higher influence on promoting awareness of the environment and converging between people’s interests and feasible energy solutions. We also advocate Twitter as a source for collecting real-time data about social preferences for environmental policy input.

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Solar Urban Planning in African Cities: Challenges and Prospects

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Okitasari

Ohunakin

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Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies

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This chapter aims to identify and evaluate the opportunities and challenges of solar urban planning in Africa's cities. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, 37 publications were selected and thematically analysed. It emerged that the vast solar energy potentials, formalised urban planning systems, declining costs, and rising acceptance of solar PVs are key opportunities for solar urban planning. Urban informality, inadequate technical expertise, regulatory bottlenecks, and noncompliance with building regulations are critical barriers to Africa's solar urban planning. Research on the subject was found to be limited. Studies that explore decision support systems and strategies for integrating solar concerns into urban planning using multi-criteria assessments will be instrumental for realising this concept in Africa.

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Assessment of public awareness, acceptance and attitudes towards renewable energy in Kenya.

Cited by 52 publications

References 34 publications

Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

Perceptions of GHG emissions and renewable energy sources in Europe, Australia and the USA

Solar Urban Planning in African Cities: Challenges and Prospects

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