Rural versus urban preferences for renewable energy developments

Bergmann, Ariel; Colombo, Sergio; Hanley, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.011

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“…The combination (two options and one status quo) has been employed by many analysts in Choice Experiments e.g. (Bergmann et al, 2008;Boxall et al, 2009). An Example of the show cards used in the research.…”

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Households Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Watershed Services Attributes in North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest Malaysia

Abdulkarim

Yacob

Abdullah

et al. 2017

Asian Journal of Economic Modelling

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Realising the objective of payment for ecological services (PES) Contribution/ OriginalityThis study contributes to the existing literature by using the choice experiment approach to analyze willingness to pay for forest watershed conservation. It is also one of very few studies which have investigated Households' Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Watershed Services attributes in the forest reserve.

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Households Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Watershed Services Attributes in North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest Malaysia

Abdulkarim

Yacob

Abdullah

et al. 2017

Asian Journal of Economic Modelling

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“…For example, there is heterogeneous preference among urban and rural consumers in terms of investing in renewable energy because they have different acceptance of landscape changes, air pollution, employment, etc. [34]. Heterogeneity also exists for the preferences of older people and the rest of the population towards renewable technologies because older people tend to be more sensitive to costs [35].…”

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Consumers’ Attitudes towards Surcharges on Distributed Renewable Energy Generation and Energy Efficiency Programs

2017

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Increasing penetration of energy efficiency programs and distributed renewable energy generation has imposed significant challenges for utilities to recoup their large upfront costs. There is a heated debate on what surcharges should be implemented to help the utilities recover their fixed costs; however, very few studies focus on consumers' attitudes regarding this topic. This study surveys about 190 residential consumers throughout the United States in November 2015, investigating their preferences and attitudes towards extra demand charges and volumetric energy price increases. We apply probit models and regress consumers' attitudes on selected socio-demographic and behavioral variables. The results indicate the homeowners are more likely to prefer demand charges when compared to renters. The demographic and behavioral factors impact consumers' perception of bill savings from energy efficiency programs or solar panel installation and also influence how consumers perceive the fairness of utilities recovering revenue losses by increasing volumetric energy price. In this paper, we demonstrate there is preference heterogeneity among consumers and that policy makers should be aware of such preference heterogeneity and apply policy targeting based on the identified demographics and behavioral factors impacting consumer preferences.

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“…• Landscape impacts increasing with height of wind turbines/size of wind parks (Bergmann et al 2008;Meyerhoff et al 2010) • Decreasing with advanced, more system-friendly plant design, e.g. PV modules oriented to east and west, weak-wind turbines (Hirth and Mueller 2015) Table 4 provides a summary of the cost-effective RES-E subsidy levels derived in the previous subsections.…”

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Can Technology-Specific Deployment Policies Be Cost-Effective? The Case of Renewable Energy Support Schemes

Lehmann

Söderholm

2017

Environ Resource Econ

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: While there is relatively limited disagreement on the general need for supporting the deployment of renewable energy sources for electricity generation (RES-E), there are diverging views on whether the granted support levels should be technology-neutral or technology-specific. In this paper we question the frequently stressed argument that technology-neutral schemes will promote RES-E deployment cost-effectively. A simple partial equilibrium model of the electricity sector with one representative investor is developed to illustrate how the cost-effective support levels to different RES-E technologies will be influenced when selected market failures are introduced. We address market failures associated with technological development, long-term risk taking, path dependencies as well as various external costs, all of which drive a wedge between the private and the social costs of RES-E deployment. Based on these analytical findings and a review of empirical literature, we conclude that the relevance of these market failures is typically heterogeneous across different RES-E technologies. The paper ends by discussing a number of possible caveats to implementing cost-effective technology-specific support schemes in practice, including the role of various information and political economy constraints. While these considerations involve important challenges, neither of them suggests an unambiguous plea for technology-neutral RES support policies either. Terms of use: Documents in

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Rural versus urban preferences for renewable energy developments

Cited by 208 publications

References 12 publications

Households Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Watershed Services Attributes in North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest Malaysia

Households Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Watershed Services Attributes in North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest Malaysia

Consumers’ Attitudes towards Surcharges on Distributed Renewable Energy Generation and Energy Efficiency Programs

Can Technology-Specific Deployment Policies Be Cost-Effective? The Case of Renewable Energy Support Schemes

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