Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Literature Review
1.2. China’s Electricity Market Strategies
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Background
2.2. Awareness
2.3. Attitudes
2.4. Technology
2.4.1. Solar Energy
2.4.2. Wind Power
2.4.3. Hydropower
2.4.4. Tidal Power
2.5. Barriers and Behaviours
2.6. Open Question
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Qualitative Survey Analysis
3.1.1. Background
3.1.2. Awareness
3.1.3. Attitudes
3.1.4. Technology and Resources
3.1.5. Barriers
- Willing to be pro-environmental in diverse ways.
- Flexible FITs for the GEPs based on consumers’ information.
- Share energy (electricity, heating and etc.) with other householders.
- Mobile the GEPs, for example, a small scale of mobile PV modules.
3.2. Statistical Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Awareness Level | Very Well | Moderately Well | Quite Well | Not at All |
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The ratio of respondents’ opinion in the surveyed region (%) | 4 | 33 | 28 | 35 |
Usage of GEPs’ Level | Very Promising | Moderately Promising | Quite Promising | Not at All |
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The ratio of respondents’ opinion in the surveyed region (%) | 18 | 54 | 25 | 3 |
Willing to Change Electricity Source Level | The Ratio of Respondents’ Opinion in the Surveyed Region (%) |
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Willing to change electricity source (completely) | 26 |
Willing to change electricity source in accordance with income (partly) | 71 |
Not willing to change | 3 |
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Vand, B.; Hast, A.; Bozorg, S.; Li, Z.; Syri, S.; Deng, S. Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai. Energies 2019, 12, 2379. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122379
Vand B, Hast A, Bozorg S, Li Z, Syri S, Deng S. Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai. Energies. 2019; 12(12):2379. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122379
Chicago/Turabian StyleVand, Behrang, Aira Hast, Sanaz Bozorg, Zelin Li, Sanna Syri, and Shuai Deng. 2019. "Consumers’ Attitudes to Support Green Energy: A Case Study in Shanghai" Energies 12, no. 12: 2379. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122379