Consumer Awareness of Renewable Energy Sources: The Case of Poland

Magdalena Maciaszczyk, Aneta Czechowska-Kosacka, Agnieszka Rzepka, Tomasz Lipecki, Ewa Łazuka and Paweł Wlaź
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Magdalena Maciaszczyk: Department of Strategy and Business Planning, Faculty of Management, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Aneta Czechowska-Kosacka: Institute of Environmental Protection Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Agnieszka Rzepka: Department of Economics and Economic Management, Faculty of Management, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Tomasz Lipecki: Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Ewa Łazuka: Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology Fundamentals, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Paweł Wlaź: Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology Fundamentals, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: The growing demand for energy is accelerating the process of consuming non-renewable energy sources, so special attention should be paid to the development of renewable energy as the energy obtained from renewable energy sources (RES) will reduce the consumption of primary raw materials and reduce emissions of harmful substances entering the atmosphere. The aim of this article is thus to investigate the attitude of Polish consumers towards renewable energy sources and to discover the relationship between the level of awareness and other factors such as age and education. The results of the research revealed that there was a correlation between the age and level of education of the respondents and their willingness to consider the issues related to renewable energy sources and implement solutions in their households that take into account the consumption of natural energy sources ( p -value of the significance test for age is 0.0001227, and p -values of independence test for the level of education are 0.00013). The discovery of such correlations will allow knowing in which direction the efforts should be intensified in order to reach the largest part of society.

Keywords: renewable energy resources; consumer awareness; emission; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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