The development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies: The role of economic interests and cultural worldviews on public support

Todd Cherry, Jorge García, Steffen Kallbekken and Asbjørn Torvanger

Energy Policy, 2014, vol. 68, issue C, 562-566

Abstract: Large-scale deployment of low-carbon energy technologies is crucial to mitigating climate change, and public support is an important barrier to policies and projects that facilitate deployment. This paper provides insights to the origins of public opposition that can impede the adoption of low-carbon technologies by investigating how perceptions are shaped by local economic interests and individual cultural worldviews. The research considers both carbon capture and storage and wind energy technologies because they differ in maturity, economic impact and resource base. Further, for each technology, the research examines support for two types of policies: deployment in local community and public funding for research and development. Results indicate the influence of economic interests and cultural worldviews is policy specific. Individual cultural worldviews do not affect support for the deployment of technology, but they do significantly influence a person׳s support for publicly funded research and development. Conversely, local economic interests have a significant role in determining support for deployment, while they do not affect support for research and development.

Keywords: CCS; Wind energy; Public support; Economic interests; Cultural worldview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.018

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