Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy Crisis
The use of renewable energy (RE) is considered one of the most important topics of discussion regarding sustainable consumption and environmental protection nowadays. More than ever, a new energy crisis is forming due to the effect of political and military conflicts that have already been in place...
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| author | Iuliana Petronela Gârdan Adrian Micu Carmen Adina Paștiu Angela Eliza Micu Daniel Adrian Gârdan |
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| description | The use of renewable energy (RE) is considered one of the most important topics of discussion regarding sustainable consumption and environmental protection nowadays. More than ever, a new energy crisis is forming due to the effect of political and military conflicts that have already been in place for some time. Our research envisages using a sample of 1126 respondents for the validation of a theoretical model that highlights the complex relationship between specific variables, such as concern for the environment, knowledge about renewable energy, perceived utility regarding RE usage, ease of use regarding RE, attitude toward RE utilization and behavioral intentions to use RE. The results show that attitudes towards renewable energy consumption are strongly influenced by the other latent constructs with perceived utility, social influence and concern for the environment being among the most determining ones. Behavioral intentions and the actual consumption behavior for RE are more and more clearly expressed in terms of decisions regarding the type of renewable energy technology preferred by consumers, and correlations with variables such as the level of education and higher income are easily highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-216f984606274a98894965cae684bde42023-11-30T22:02:26ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-01-0116267610.3390/en16020676Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy CrisisIuliana Petronela Gârdan0Adrian Micu1Carmen Adina Paștiu2Angela Eliza Micu3Daniel Adrian Gârdan4Faculty of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 060821 Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Economics and Business Administration, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați, 800008 Galați, RomaniaFaculty of Economic Sciences, “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia, 510009 Alba-Iulia, RomaniaFaculty of Economic Sciences, “Ovidius” University of Constanța, 900527 Constanța, RomaniaFaculty of Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, 060821 Bucharest, RomaniaThe use of renewable energy (RE) is considered one of the most important topics of discussion regarding sustainable consumption and environmental protection nowadays. More than ever, a new energy crisis is forming due to the effect of political and military conflicts that have already been in place for some time. Our research envisages using a sample of 1126 respondents for the validation of a theoretical model that highlights the complex relationship between specific variables, such as concern for the environment, knowledge about renewable energy, perceived utility regarding RE usage, ease of use regarding RE, attitude toward RE utilization and behavioral intentions to use RE. The results show that attitudes towards renewable energy consumption are strongly influenced by the other latent constructs with perceived utility, social influence and concern for the environment being among the most determining ones. Behavioral intentions and the actual consumption behavior for RE are more and more clearly expressed in terms of decisions regarding the type of renewable energy technology preferred by consumers, and correlations with variables such as the level of education and higher income are easily highlighted.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/676renewable energyconsumers’ attitudeconcern for the environmentenergy crisis |
| spellingShingle | Iuliana Petronela Gârdan Adrian Micu Carmen Adina Paștiu Angela Eliza Micu Daniel Adrian Gârdan Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy Crisis Energies renewable energy consumers’ attitude concern for the environment energy crisis |
| title | Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy Crisis |
| title_full | Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy Crisis |
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| title_short | Consumers’ Attitude towards Renewable Energy in the Context of the Energy Crisis |
| title_sort | consumers attitude towards renewable energy in the context of the energy crisis |
| topic | renewable energy consumers’ attitude concern for the environment energy crisis |
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