Motivations and barriers associated with adopting microgeneration energy technologies in the UK

By P. Balcombe, Danny Rigby, Adisa Azapagic. 2013

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Subfields: Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science

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Review of barriers to the dissemination of decentralized renewable energy systems (2016, background): “In United Kingdom, inconvenience and subsequent behavioral changes involved in adoption of DRES is reportedly preventing its adoption (Balcombe et al., 2013).”
Household installation of solar panels – Motives and barriers in a 10-year perspective (2018, background): “Balcombe et al. (2013) however discuss that even if environmental benefit is a significant factor in the decision to install PV for the purpose of microgeneration, this does not necessary mean that households are prepared to pay extra for it.”
Trust, awareness, and independence: Insights from a socio-psychological factor analysis of citizen knowledge and participation in community energy systems (2018, background): “The perceived barriers are in line with what has been reported in the literature which are lack of financing and technical expertise as well lack of technical support [33,51,52].”
Switching from fossil fuel to renewables in residential heating systems: An empirical study of homeowners' decisions in Germany (2014, background): “Further studies on barriers to adopting RHS include Grieve et al. (2012) on energy-efficient hot water systems in New Zealand, Balcombe et al. (2013) on microgeneration technologies in the UK, and Stieß and Dunkelberg (2013) on energy retrofits (including renewable heating systems and…”
Energy self-sufficiency, grid demand variability and consumer costs: Integrating solar PV, Stirling engine CHP and battery storage (2015, background): “Similarly to the case of solar PV [95], it is expected that the grants and low interest loans will increase demand for battery storage and trigger global manufacturing”
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): “Moreover, some studies suggest that the influence of income on propensity to invest is not linear: income increases the propensity to invest significantly when moving from low to middle income, but much less after that [18,27].”
Regional distribution of photovoltaic deployment in the UK and its determinants: A spatial econometric approach (2015, background): “A recent paper by Balcombe et al. (2013) provides a comprehensive review of drivers and barriers of microgeneration technology uptake.”