Social acceptance of on-shore wind energy in Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Caporale, Diana; Lucia, Caterina De

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.183

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“…Willingness to pay for an expansion of 10% of RES into the current electricity mix was estimated at 26.5 euros/quarterly on the electricity bill, higher than previous Greek studies which ranged between 11-16 euros/quarterly [19,51,[69][70][71]. Our higher estimate of WTP is attributed to respondents' perception upon the role of RES in improving the environmental quality, which plays a decisive role to the wider acceptability of green investments [17,20,25]. The results of WTP are comparable to other European countries like Spain and Slovenia.…”

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Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

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Abstract:The purpose of this study is to discover the factors shaping public opinion about renewable energy sources and investigate willingness to pay for expansion of renewable energy sources in the electricity mix. Data was collected through a questionnaire applied in Nikaia, an urban municipality of Greece. The respondents have a positive attitude towards renewable energy systems. Most of them have good knowledge of solar and wind energy systems and are using solar water heating, while several respondents own a solar PV system. Environmental protection is seen as the most important reason for investing in a renewable energy system. Willingness to pay for a wider penetration of RES into the electricity mix was estimated to be 26.5 euros per quarterly electricity bill. The statistical analysis revealed the existence of a relationship between RES perceived advantages and willingness to pay for renewable energy. Furthermore, by using a binary logit model, willingness to pay was found to be positively associated with education, energy subsidies, and state support.

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Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

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“…Cicia et al [15] use a DCE to point out that Italian consumers are very inclined towards solar and wind energy. Moreover, Vecchiato and Tempesta [19] show that respondents are willing to pay for electricity contracts including renewable energies, whereas Caporale and De Lucia [42] find the existence of a positive consumer attitude towards renewable energy sources (wind power) in the Apulia Region. Vecchiato [43] adopts a DCE and finds a positive WTP for wind energy.…”

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Households’ Preferences for a New ‘Climate-Friendly’ Heating System: Does Contribution to Reducing Greenhouse Gases Matter?

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This study investigates the preferences of Italian home-owners when choosing a new domestic heating system. The focus is on understanding the influence on consumer choice of a potential label certifying the effect of the heating system on the greenhouse effect. To this end, we designed a survey including a discrete choice experiment and administered it to residents in north-eastern Italy. Our findings reveal that, on average, respondents pay particular attention to the green effect of their purchase. The carbon dioxide reduction label was considered second in terms of importance after cost. Further analysis found that our sample presents three clusters of customers, with intra-cluster homogeneous preferences. The cluster analysis showed that while the initial system costs are considered to varying degrees by the whole sample, the carbon dioxide reduction label was considered important by 79% of respondents (members of clusters 1 and 2). To achieve greater results in reducing the greenhouse effect of the domestic heating sector, a combination of policies should be used simultaneously to achieve greater effectiveness. Our simulations support the hypothesis that policymakers should achieve greater results in terms of reducing the domestic greenhouse gas emissions by applying a combined policy that leverages the importance citizens accord to the different characteristics of a heating system. From our results, the application of a ‘low carbon dioxide ( C O 2 ) emissions’ label will amplify the effect of a subsidy that reduces the initial system costs.

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“…Social support and information provision on the potential benefits from technological advances in renewable energy can promote the interaction and participation of local communities to RES' acceptance. An increase in the role of local authorities would result in an effective policy solution to renewable energy projects [19]. The challenge for project developers is to identify salient stakeholders who understand what it is that they really care about and prioritize.…”

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“…On the other hand, local communities often tend to contrast the development of RES due to the relevant costs burdened by the society. Such critical aspects of consideration are the relative aesthetic and acoustic impacts as well as impacts on the territory, in alignment with the spatial localization of wind farms that can Sustainability 2018, 10, 1414 2 of 15 undermine the viability of the relevant projects [19]. Local citizens could endanger the objectivity of the outcomes, since they could be prejudiced and concerned about the project consequences [20].…”

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A Social Assessment of the Usage of Renewable Energy Sources and Its Contribution to Life Quality: The Case of an Attica Urban Area in Greece

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The aim of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the use of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and their contribution to citizens' life quality. For this purpose, a survey was conducted using a sample of 400 residents in an urban area of the Attica region in Greece. The methods of Principal Components Analysis and Logit Regression were used on a dataset containing the respondents' views on various aspects of RES. Two statistical models were constructed for the identification of the main variables that are associated with the RES' usage and respondents' opinion on their contribution to life quality. The conclusions that can be drawn show that the respondents are adequately informed about some of the RES' types while most of them use at least one of the examined types of RES. The benefits that RES offer, were the most crucial variable in determining both respondents' perceptions on their usage and on their contribution to life quality.

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Social acceptance of on-shore wind energy in Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Cited by 57 publications

References 45 publications

Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

Households’ Preferences for a New ‘Climate-Friendly’ Heating System: Does Contribution to Reducing Greenhouse Gases Matter?

A Social Assessment of the Usage of Renewable Energy Sources and Its Contribution to Life Quality: The Case of an Attica Urban Area in Greece

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