Small-scale households renewable energy usage intention: Theoretical development and empirical settings

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-263

  Alam, Syed Shah ^a   Nik Hashim, Nik Hazrul ^b   Rashid, Mamunur ^c   Omar, Nor Asiah ^a   Ahsan, Nilufar ^d   Ismail, Md Daud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UKM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^d MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Small scale renewable energy; Usage

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; MALAYSIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEIVED BEHAVIOURAL CONTROLS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; USAGE;

INVESTMENTS;

DIFFUSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATE ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84896827111     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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