Social acceptance of solar energy technologies in China-End users' perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1031-1036

  Yuan, Xueliang ^a   Zuo, Jian ^b   Ma, Chunyuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Social acceptance; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CHINA; END USERS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY SECTOR; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; HUMAN BEING; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PUBLIC SCRUTINY; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SHANDONG; SHANDONG PROVINCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOLAR PVS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVEYS; WATER HEATERS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 79952073118     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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