Hopes and fears for a sustainable energy future: Enter the hydrogen acceptance matrix

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 60, P. 1170 - 1191

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Hydrogen-fuelled technologies for home heating and cooking may provide a low-carbon solution decarbonising parts of the global housing stock. For transition to transpire, attitudes perceptions consumers must be factored into policy making efforts. However, empirical studies are yet explore potential levels consumer heterogeneity regarding domestic hydrogen acceptance. In response, this study explores wide spectrum responses towards prospect homes. The proposed is conceptualised in terms 'domestic acceptance matrix', which examined through nationally representative online survey conducted United Kingdom. results draw attention importance interest engagement environmental issues, knowledge awareness renewable energy technologies, early adoption potential, as key drivers Critically, strategic measures should taken convert scepticism pessimism hope optimism by recognising multi-dimensional nature To end, resources dedicated increasing observability trialability homes proximity industrial clusters hubs, where stakes highest. Progress realising net-zero society can supported stakeholder with matrix.

Language: Английский

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Beyond the triangle of renewable energy acceptance: The five dimensions of domestic hydrogen acceptance

Applied Energy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 324, P. 119715 - 119715

Published: Aug. 7, 2022

The 'deep' decarbonization of the residential sector is a priority for meeting national climate change targets, especially in countries such as UK where natural gas has been dominant fuel source over half century. Hydrogen blending and repurposing grid to supply low-carbon hydrogen may offer respective short- long-term solutions achieving emissions reduction across parts housing sector. Despite this imperative, social acceptance domestic energy technologies remains underexplored by sustainability scholars, with limited insights regarding consumer perceptions expectations transition. A knowledge deficit magnitude likely hinder effective policymaking result sub-optimal rollout strategies that derail trajectory net zero agenda. Addressing gap, study develops conceptual framework examining consumer-facing side paper affirms spatiotemporal patterns renewable adoption are shaped range interacting scales, dimensions, factors. UK's emerging landscape its actor-network characterized heterogenous system, composed dynamic relationships interdependencies. Future studies should engage co-evolving, multi-scalar phenomenon rooted interplay five distinct dimensions: attitudinal, sociopolitical, community, market, behavioral acceptance. If arrived to, helps realize domestication heating cooking, established on grounds cognitive, sociocultural legitimacy. research community internalize complexity richness attitudes responses, through more critical reflexive approach

Language: Английский

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Emotions and consumer behaviour: A review and research agenda

International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 47(6), P. 2396 - 2416

Published: April 10, 2023

Abstract Consumers' emotions play a salient role in consumers' buying process, their consumption behaviours, and engagement with product/service offerings, owing to which, it has gained much attention recent years as an area of inquiry. However, literature this field/subject is theoretically fragmented. Therefore, enhance the conceptual understanding, study synthesizes extant literature, using hybrid review approach. Herein, we attempt integrate bibliometric analysis, along theories, contexts, characteristics, methodology framework, while consolidating classifying domain knowledge, trends, progress/citation analysis In reviewed 384 empirical articles, published during period 1967–2021. The idea was identify key constructs, research methods, based on propose few potential areas. Based our thorough these areas include (1) consumer co‐creation, (2) engagement, (3) service employee interactions, (4) decision making, (5) experience.

Language: Английский

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Tourism, global crises and justice: rethinking, redefining and reorienting tourism futures

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(12), P. 2613 - 2627

Published: June 2, 2023

Ours is an era of crises. Having weathered the recent COVID-19 global pandemic, we are confronted with numerous interconnected crises that challenge community. These bring them issues justice and injustice, as different populations differentially impacted. Certainly, have seen obstacles to success in Global North-South inequalities, power differentials structural injustices. It essential consider how may collaborate together manage transition through these multitude problems. This context which contemporary tourism must operate play its role seeking resolutions. introduction Special Issue on "Tourism Crises Justice", critiques considers might for more just, sustainable equitable futures. Drawing contributions this Issue, article a discussion pertinent themes just transformations, climate justice, diverse worldviews knowledges, possibilities solidarity tourism, concerns decolonisation. In doing so, propose transdisciplinary analytical framework can inform practices tourism.

Language: Английский

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Attention, sentiments and emotions towards emerging climate technologies on Twitter

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 83, P. 102765 - 102765

Published: Oct. 27, 2023

Public perception of emerging climate technologies, such as greenhouse gas removal (GGR) and solar radiation management (SRM), will strongly influence their future development deployment. Studying perceptions these technologies with traditional survey methods is challenging, because they are largely unknown to the public. Social media data provides a complementary line evidence by allowing for retrospective analysis how individuals share unsolicited opinions. Our large-scale, comparative study 1.5 million tweets covers 16 GGR SRM uses state-of-the-art deep learning models show attention, expressions sentiment emotion developed between 2006 2021. We find that in recent years, attention has shifted from general geoengineering themes specific methods. On other hand, there little often coincide conspiracy narratives. Sentiments emotions tend be more positive, particularly perceived natural, but negative when framed context.

Language: Английский

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A perspective on emerging energy policy and economic research agenda for enabling aviation climate action

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 117, P. 103725 - 103725

Published: Sept. 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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Necessary and sufficient conditions for deploying hydrogen homes: A consumer-oriented perspective

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 69, P. 982 - 1021

Published: May 13, 2024

As part of its efforts to secure a 'net-zero society', the UK government will take strategic decision on role hydrogen in decarbonising homes within next years. While scholars have recently advanced social science research agenda technology acceptance, studies are yet engage with prospective dynamics adopting 'hydrogen homes'. In response, this study examines perceived adoption potential heating and cooking technologies, as evaluated through eyes consumer. Engaging behavioural market draws data from broadly nationally representative online survey examine influence safety, technological, economic, environmental, emotional factors domestic transition context. The analysis follows multi-stage empirical approach, integrating findings partial least squares structural equation necessary condition crystallise insights emergent subject. At juncture, may hinge primarily emotional, lesser extent, technological perspectives. However, consumers an expressed preference for over cooking, boiler performance emerging enabling potential. formative phase transition, risks associated energy insecurity fuel poverty exceed concerns purchasing running costs. Nevertheless, economic remain less critical during pre-deployment innovation-decision process. Across full sample, simple slope highlights moderating effects gender, age, housing tenure. Moreover, statistically significant differences both sufficiency- necessity-based perspective detected between male property owners aged 55+ female mortgage 18–34 years old. By bridging knowledge gap acceptance intention, contribution reinforces need consumer engagement economy, advocating more fine-grained, mixed-methods analyses support decarbonisation strategies.

Language: Английский

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An agenda for future Social Sciences and Humanities research on energy efficiency: 100 priority research questions

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: June 30, 2022

Decades of techno-economic energy policymaking and research have meant evidence from the Social Sciences Humanities (SSH)-including critical reflections on what changing a society's relation to (efficiency) even means-have been underutilised. In particular, (i) SSH too often sidelined and/or narrowly pigeonholed by policymakers, funders, other decision-makers when driving agendas, (ii) setting SSH-focused agendas has not historically embedded inclusive deliberative processes. The aim this paper is address these gaps through production agenda outlining future priorities for efficiency. A Horizon Scanning exercise was run, which sought identify 100 priority questions efficiency research. This included 152 researchers with prior expertise efficiency, who together spanned 62 (sub-)disciplines SSH, 23 countries, full range career stages. resultant were inductively clustered into seven themes as follows: (1) Citizenship, engagement knowledge exchange in efficiency; (2) Energy equity, justice, poverty vulnerability; (3) everyday life practices consumption production; (4) Framing, defining measuring (5) Governance, policy political issues around (6) Roles economic systems, supply chains financial mechanisms improving (7) interactions, unintended consequences rebound effects interventions. Given consistent centrality programmes, highlights that well-developed approaches are ready be mobilised contribute development, understand implications, measures governance solutions. Implicitly, it also emphasises heterogeneity can produced. will use both those new energy-SSH field (including policyworkers), learnings capabilities capacities energy-SSH, established researchers, insights collectively held futures

Language: Английский

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Towards a unified theory of domestic hydrogen acceptance: An integrative, comparative review

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 498 - 524

Published: Dec. 28, 2023

Hydrogen energy technologies are envisioned to play a critical supporting role in global decarbonisation. While low-carbon hydrogen is primarily targeted for reducing industrial emissions, alongside decarbonising parts of the transport sector, environmental benefits could also be achieved residential context. Presently, gas-dependent countries such as Japan and United Kingdom assessing feasibility deploying home appliances, part their national strategies. However, prospects transition will hinge on consumer acceptance, an array other socio-technical factors. To support potential ambitions large-scale sustained technology diffusion, this study advances Unified Theory Domestic Acceptance. Through integrative, comparative literature review targeting domestic studies, paper proposes novel Acceptance Model (DHAM), which accounts cognitive emotional dimensions human perceptions. dual interplay, proposed framework can increase predictive power acceptance models.

Language: Английский

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Emotional energy communities: Centering emotions and feelings within energy transitions in southern Mexico

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 98, P. 103014 - 103014

Published: March 7, 2023

Language: Английский

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