Spatial Characteristics of the Diffusion of Residential Solar Photovoltaics in Urban Areas: A Case of Seoul, South Korea
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Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Interdisciplinary Program in Landscape Architecture, and Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(2), 644; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020644
Received: 7 December 2020 / Revised: 10 January 2021 / Accepted: 11 January 2021 / Published: 13 January 2021
Mini-solar photovoltaics, which are installed on apartment balconies, are rapidly spreading in Seoul, South Korea. Seoul has implemented a policy to diffuse mini-solar photovoltaics in apartments for energy transition since 2012. The policy considers compact land use and a large population of the city. This study examines a variety of variables in relation to the adoption of mini-solar photovoltaics. In particular, we focus on peer effects, namely, those of spatially adjacent, previously installed mini-solar photovoltaics. As apartment characteristics, four variables are selected to assess both within and between apartment complexes: one for the density of adopters as a within-complex variable and three for the number of adopters in the 500 m, 1 km, and 1.5 km radius of apartment complexes as between-complex variables. A major finding is that peer effects significantly contribute to the new adoption of mini-solar photovoltaics. Implications of this finding are discussed in an urban context.
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Keywords:
peer effects; diffusion of innovation; residential solar photovoltaic; renewable energy; urban area
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Kim, M.-H.; Gim, T.-H.T. Spatial Characteristics of the Diffusion of Residential Solar Photovoltaics in Urban Areas: A Case of Seoul, South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 644.
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Kim M-H, Gim T-HT. Spatial Characteristics of the Diffusion of Residential Solar Photovoltaics in Urban Areas: A Case of Seoul, South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(2):644.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Moon-Hyun; Gim, Tae-Hyoung T. 2021. "Spatial Characteristics of the Diffusion of Residential Solar Photovoltaics in Urban Areas: A Case of Seoul, South Korea" Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18, no. 2: 644.
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