Transitioning to sustainable energy: Multidimensional factors guiding solar power technology adoption

Jabeen G., Wang D., Ahmad M., IŞIK C., Pinzón S., Rehman A., ...Daha Fazla

Energy, cilt.312, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 312
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.133468
  • Dergi Adı: Energy
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, Environment Index, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Advantages to the built environment, Integrated ecological perception framework, Openness to innovation, Solar power technology, Structural equation model, Sustainable energy transition
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

As solar power technologies (SPTs) can potentially boost the transition to clean energy, investigating multidimensional factors (MDFs) influencing the acceptance of SPTs may support Sustainable Development Goals like global energy access. This study examines the role of MDFs in determining households' intention to embrace SPTs within an integrated ecological perception framework, which focuses on the ecological advantages of SPTs, openness to innovation, and advantages to the built environment. We used the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling to analyze the Likert-scale data gathered from 311 respondents to reveal that the fixed cost of SPTs discourages households from embracing them. The advantages to the built environment, openness to innovation, and ecological advantages encourage households to accept SPTs, but only in urban districts and the entire dataset while portraying a neutral role in rural districts. Thus, urban and rural districts differ in impacting households’ adoption of SPTs. The social disposition of SPTs is the key driving force, while the advantages to the built environment play a less critical role. This study suggests propagating awareness among rural households about ecologically friendly dimensions of SPTs to uplift rural energy access, cultivating universal access to affordable and clean energy (SDG-7) and combating climatic disruptions (SDG-13).