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Public Perspectives on Energy and Environmental Issue

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2022) | Viewed by 7264

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sung-Yoon Huh

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Department of Future Energy Convergence, College of Creativity and Convergence Studies, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
Interests: energy and resource economics; energy demand analysis; economic valuation of energy project and technology; innovation diffusion; social acceptance; consumer preference
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Dear Colleagues,

The global energy and environmental market are changing rapidly, and a few megatrends can be identified in this transition. Among them, with a wider application of new energy technologies such as renewable energy, there is the possibility of shifting from a conventional centralized energy supply system to a more distributed energy production system. In addition, as people’s overall economic level, education level, and living standards have improved, public interest and participation in energy and environmental issues are steadily increasing. In many countries, the rejection of several energy projects due to the opposition of local residents is a representative example of this importance of public opinion in the process of policy implementation. In such a situation, it is very important to understand the social needs and public preferences within energy and environmental issues, and reflect them fully in the related policy and project development. In this Special Issue, any kind of theoretical and empirical study that analyzes end-users and the general public’s perceptions and attitudes towards energy and environmental issues would be welcomed.
The focus of this Special Issue is on (but is not limited to):

  1. The public’s preferences for, and their attitude toward, energy and environmental issues (including policy, project, technology);
  2. Social (local or nationwide) acceptance of issues in the field of energy and environment;
  3. The impact of an energy and environmental policy on end-user behavior;
  4. Applications of stated preference methods to energy and environmental studies;
  5. Valuation of novel energy and environmental technology, and people’s willingness to pay for it;
  6. Identification of social needs for energy and environmental policy and/or technology.

Prof. Dr. Sung-Yoon Huh
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Social acceptance
  • Public attitude and opinion
  • Local acceptance
  • Regional conflicts
  • NIMBY
  • PIMFY
  • End-user preferences
  • Distributed generation
  • Decentralized energy system
  • Energy prosumer
  • Lay-people
  • Community participation
  • Economic valuation
  • Willingness to pay
  • Stated-preference techniques
  • Survey

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Understanding Attitudes towards Renewable Energy Technologies and the Effect of Local Experiences
by Astrid Buchmayr, Luc Van Ootegem, Jo Dewulf and Elsy Verhofstadt
Energies 2021, 14(22), 7596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227596 - 13 Nov 2021
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For the planning of the energy transition, decision-makers need to be aware of the public attitudes towards renewable energy technologies (RETs) and the impacts of such energy facilities from a population’s perspective. To facilitate the comparison of RET attitudes, a uniform survey design [...] Read more.
For the planning of the energy transition, decision-makers need to be aware of the public attitudes towards renewable energy technologies (RETs) and the impacts of such energy facilities from a population’s perspective. To facilitate the comparison of RET attitudes, a uniform survey design was used for four case studies (onshore wind, offshore wind, waste-to-energy, and biomass power) situated in the region of Flanders, Belgium. The survey analysis showed differences between the energy facilities with regard to the perceived impact on population health (combustion facilities were perceived more negatively) and landscape impact (wind energy facilities were perceived more negatively). All groups recognized the contribution of the RET facility to the economic development of the region. The effect of such local experiences on the overall evaluation of energy technologies was investigated using ordinal regression models. Personal experiences were found to be more meaningful predictors than socio-economic population characteristics or the proximity to the energy facility. In all investigated energy neighborhoods, the personal relationship of the participants to the landscape was a significant predictor of technology attitude. This points to the importance of investigating place attachment rather than pure visibility to understand the acceptability of land use for energy provision. Full article
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The Impact of Psychological Distance on Judging Satisfaction with Nuclear Energy Policy via Knowledge Calibration and an Integrated Causal Path Model
by Byoung Joon Kim and Seoyong Kim
Energies 2021, 14(18), 5774; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185774 - 13 Sep 2021
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This study investigated how, through knowledge calibration and a causal path model, psychological distance can explain the level of satisfaction with nuclear energy policy. The investigation used multiple regression analysis and path analysis to explore relationships among variables. Data from 1056 adults revealed [...] Read more.
This study investigated how, through knowledge calibration and a causal path model, psychological distance can explain the level of satisfaction with nuclear energy policy. The investigation used multiple regression analysis and path analysis to explore relationships among variables. Data from 1056 adults revealed that more knowledge-calibrated individuals have more positive attitudes toward nuclear energy policy. In addition, the psychological distance influences policy satisfaction by mediation of perceived risk of nuclear energy. This study aimed to increase the understanding of the dynamic of satisfaction with and acceptance of nuclear energy policy among stakeholders. Thus, based on the construal level theory, the study addressed the importance of knowledge and psychological distance in explaining variation in satisfaction and acceptance about nuclear policy. Full article
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Development and Application of a Big Data Analysis-Based Procedure to Identify Concerns about Renewable Energy
by So-Yun Jeong, Jae-Wook Kim, Han-Young Joo, Young-Seo Kim and Joo-Hyun Moon
Energies 2021, 14(16), 4977; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164977 - 13 Aug 2021
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To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Korea has been expanding its investment in renewal energy distribution and technology development. However, with this rapid expansion of renewable energy, public concern about it has grown. This study developed and used a big data analysis-based procedure [...] Read more.
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Korea has been expanding its investment in renewal energy distribution and technology development. However, with this rapid expansion of renewable energy, public concern about it has grown. This study developed and used a big data analysis-based procedure to analyze the questions registered on Naver, the largest portal site in Korea, from 2008 to 2020 to identify public concern over renewable energy. The big data analysis-based procedure consisted of two steps. The first was a frequency analysis to identify the most frequently registered words. The second was to classify questions using term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) weight and cosine similarity based on word2vec. The analysis revealed the most frequently registered words related to renewable energy, such as “solar power,” “power generation,” “energy,” and “wind power.” It also revealed the most frequently registered questions, such as those related to solar panel installation, renewable energy generation methods, and certificates. To continue expanding renewable energy, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the public’s concerns and create a method to resolve their objections to renewable energy. It is expected that the procedure in this study may provide relevant insight for the method. Full article
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