Residential solar electricity adoption: What motivates, and what matters? A case study of early adopters

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Consumer attitude and purchase intention toward rooftop photovoltaic installation: The roles of personal trait, psychological benefit, and government incentives (2020, background): “The early adopters of residential solar electricity shared an unexpected characteristic, which they identified as motivating adoption, which is an interest in technical innovation and an enjoyment of the technical aspects of energy systems.(17) Chen(20) discovered that the intention to install a res”
Consumer preferences and the influence of networks in electric vehicle diffusion: An agent-based microsimulation in Ireland (2014, background): “Previous articles in this journal have examined diffusion of new lectricity technologies, from exploring the motivations of early dopters of solar electricity in the United States [1], to using stated reference methodology to study the diffusion of photovoltaic genration and electric vehicles in Jap”
Household installation of solar panels – Motives and barriers in a 10-year perspective (2018, background): “Schelly (2014) found however that payback periods are less important than the particular timing of economic events within a household.”