Beyond the sun—Socioeconomic drivers of the adoption of small-scale photovoltaic installations in Germany

By A. Schaffer, S. Brun. 2015

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Understanding the uneven diffusion of building-scale renewable energy systems: A review of household, local and country level factors in diverse European countries (2017, background): “Müller and Rode [80] found that the propensity to install PV increases with the number of previously installed systems close by in Wiesbaden, Germany and Schaffer and Brun [73] stressed the importance of both peer effects and intermediaries like solar initiatives and installers.”
Household installation of solar panels – Motives and barriers in a 10-year perspective (2018, background): “The introduction of feed-in tariffs has also increased adoption of microgeneration, for example in the UK (Balcombe et al., 2013; Balcombe et al., 2014) and Germany (Schaffer and Brun, 2015).”
A meta-analysis of residential PV adoption: the important role of perceived benefits, intentions and antecedents in solar energy acceptance (2021, background): “Accelerating the diffusion of rooftop solar photovoltaics through peer effects and social norms 2018 Energy Policy [142] Y Y Y Y N N 55 The technology of the middle class: Understanding the fulfillment of adoption intentions in Queensland’s rapid uptake residential solar photovoltaics market 2018 Re”