 Adoption of renewable energy technologies (RETs): A survey on rural construction in ChinaBing Zhu, Wenjun Zhang, Jian Du, Wenji Zhou, Tong Qiu and Qiang Li Technology in Society, 2011, vol. 33, issue 3, 223-230 Abstract: With the increasing requirements from rural residents to improve housing conditions in recent years, renewable energy technologies (RETs) have received widespread attention in rural construction in China. RETs have been recognized as one of the most important ways to beautify the rural ecological environment, enrich the energy supply of rural households and reduce country dwellers’ financial burden from commercial energy consumption. In this paper, the status of China’s rural RETs and their intrinsic demand are introduced. Then, the key factors affecting the adoption and the popularization of RETs in China’s rural construction are analyzed using a questionnaire-based survey. The findings suggest that initial investment is the most important factor for the adoption of RETs by China’s rural residents. Subsidies, financial support, technical service support and communication also influence the adoption of RETs. Keywords: Renewable energy; Rural construction; Technology adoption; China (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:33:y:2011:i:3:p:223-230 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2011.09.002 Access Statistics for this article Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier |
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