Rural public acceptance of renewable energy deployment: The case of Shandong in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 1187-1196

  Liu, Wenling ^a,b   Wang, Can ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Local acceptance; Renewable energy; Rural; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; CHINA; ENERGY STRATEGY; GREEN ELECTRICITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; LOCAL ACCEPTANCE; LOGIT MODELS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLES; RURAL RESIDENTS; SHANDONG; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PLANNING THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RURAL AREA;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 84870760445     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.057     Document Type: Article

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