Investigating the importance of motivations and barriers related to microgeneration uptake in the UK
Investigating the importance of motivations and barriers related to microgeneration uptake in the UK
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.047
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发表时间：
2014-10
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11.2
通讯作者：
P. Balcombe;D. Rigby;A. Azapagic
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作者：
P. Balcombe;D. Rigby;A. Azapagic
太阳能光伏、太阳能热泵、风能和热泵等微型发电技术或许能够为英国实现气候变化和能源安全目标做出贡献，但它们对英国国内能源供应的贡献仍然很低。本研究使用对微发电采纳者、思考者和拒绝者(n=291)的最佳-最差比例调查来确定不同动机和障碍在微发电(非)采用决策中的相对重要性。最重要的动机是从安装中赚钱，提高家庭能源独立性，并防止未来高昂的能源成本。结果表明，上网电价的引入显然鼓励了一个新的、更具财务动机的群体的安装。财务因素是最重要的障碍，对于拒绝者来说，最重要的是如果他们搬回家可能会赔钱。绿色协议的推出是为了减少这一障碍，但可能反而会加剧问题，因为潜在的购房者会推迟购买带有绿色协议债务的住房。尽管政府和微型发电利益集团努力减少这一障碍，但难以找到有关微型发电的可信信息也是采用该技术的主要障碍，特别是对考虑者来说。对于那些考虑安装或已经拒绝安装的人来说，能源自给自足是比采用者更重要的动机。提供可获得的信息和更多地强调家庭能源自给自足可有助于提高能源利用率。
Microgeneration technologies such as solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind and heat pumps may be able to contribute to meeting UK climate change and energy security targets, but their contribution to UK domestic energy supply remains low. This research uses a best-worst scaling survey of microgeneration adopters, considerers and rejecters (n= 291) to determine the relative importance of different motivations and barriers in microgeneration (non) adoption decisions. The most important motivations are earning money from installation, increasing household energy independence and protecting against future high energy costs. Results indicate that the introduction of Feed-in Tariffs has clearly encouraged a new, more financially-motivated, group to install. Financial factors are the most important barriers and of most importance to rejecters is the prospect of losing money if they moved home. The Green Deal was introduced to reduce this barrier, but may instead exacerbate the problem as potential homebuyers are put off purchasing a home with an attached Green Deal debt. The difficulty in finding trustworthy information on microgeneration is also a major obstacle to adoption, particularly for considerers, despite efforts by the government and microgeneration interest groups to reduce this barrier. Self-sufficiency in energy is a more important motivation for those considering or having rejected installation than for adopters. Provision of accessible information and greater emphasis on household self-sufficiency in energy could help improve the uptake.