scholarly journals Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamatios Ntanos ◽  
Grigorios Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Miltiadis Chalikias ◽  
Garyfallos Arabatzis ◽  
Michalis Skordoulis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Perceptions

scholarly journals Public Perceptions of Biofuels - Case Study: Frames of Biofuel Discussion in the Finnish Context

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Siivari ◽  
Ilia Safrutin ◽  
Khalil Mozaffari ◽  
Esa Käyhkö ◽  
Risto Jouttijärvi
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Eu

Biofuels are fuels made of biological materials and they can be used in cars, trucks and other engines. The EU's policy and regulatory framework for bioeconomy and biofuels is seen as a multi-layered and complex issue. Policies around biofuels have developed recently in the EU. Renewable Energy Directive II established a binding target for the use of renewable energy across the European Union by 2030 to be 32% of the total energy production. Finland is a country where the utilization of forest biomass has traditions ranging back centuries and continues in the present day with bioenergy holding a central role in the Finnish energy matrix. Our case study is focused on examining the public perceptions of biofuels in Finland and is linked to the discussion about climate change, global warming, and sustainable development. We used a stakeholder approach and mapped key stakeholders in the biofuel sector in Finland from six stakeholder categories: corporations, governmental actors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), municipalities, universities, and the media. We selected 59 online publications for our analysis from a time period between 2010-2019. Frame analysis was conducted using three pairs of polarised frames: environmental positive and negative, economic positive and negative, and technological positive and negative. The results show that for the most part the framing of biofuel discussion in Finland is positive and emphasizes the environmentally and economically positive aspects. The negative aspects that came to front are especially in the notions of economic costs and in arguments for environmental calculations. The EU legislation itself is seen as a background to all this discussion and is itself not scrutinized extensively by the various stakeholders.

scholarly journals An Application of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale in a Greek Context

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamatios Ntanos ◽  
Grigorios Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Michalis Skordoulis ◽  
Miltiadis Chalikias ◽  
Garyfallos Arabatzis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm Scale

Measuring and analyzing public perceptions of the environment are becoming core elements in promoting environmental sustainability, which is a key goal to be achieved. The New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) is used as a unidimensional measure of environmental attitudes as it is developed in order to measure the overall relationship between humans and the environment. A high NEP score is associated with high ecocentric orientation. This research aims to measure and analyze citizens’ NEP score in a Greek area. Overall, the statistical analysis verified the existence of the NEP subscales, indicated increased environmental awareness among the respondents and revealed that the respondents’ NEP score is correlated with the area of residence. Furthermore, the NEP score is correlated at a statistically significant level with respondents’ willingness to pay for renewable energy expansion.

scholarly journals Exploring Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Supply: Evidences from an Italian Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Grilli ◽  
Jessica Balest ◽  
Giulia Garegnani ◽  
Alessandro Paletto
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Italian Case
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