[HTML][HTML] Early adopters and their motives: Differences between earlier and later adopters of residential solar photovoltaics

A Palm - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
To facilitate and forecast the diffusion of sustainable innovations, such as solar photovoltaics
(PV), it is important to understand what motivates people to adopt them. Early adopters are …

Adoption of renewable home heating systems: An agent-based model of heat pumps in Ireland

TH Meles, L Ryan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumer adoption of renewable energy technologies such as heat pumps for home
heating is crucial in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on imported fossil …

A meta-analysis of residential PV adoption: the important role of perceived benefits, intentions and antecedents in solar energy acceptance

E Schulte, F Scheller, D Sloot, T Bruckner - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The adoption of residential photovoltaic systems (PV) is seen as an important part of the
sustainable energy transition. To facilitate this process, it is crucial to identify the …

Does smart city policy promote urban green and low-carbon development?

Z Cheng, L Wang, Y Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The smart city is a novel urban innovation model which can exert a great influence on urban
green development. Using the 2004–2018 panel data from 285 cities in China, our article …

Human capital and energy consumption: Evidence from OECD countries

Y Yao, K Ivanovski, J Inekwe, R Smyth - Energy Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of human capital on energy consumption for a panel of OECD
economies over the period 1965–2014. Our preferred results, which account for cross …

The contribution of human development towards environmental sustainability

EEO Opoku, KE Dogah, OA Aluko - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Considering that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are interrelated and
the attainment of one is a good springboard for the attainment of others, we picture the …

Impact of globalization on CO2 emissions based on EKC hypothesis in developing world: the moderating role of human capital

A Jahanger - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
In the last 3 decades, developing economies continuously have increased their
manufacturing industries with an impressive growth rate. Rising the trend of globalization …

Charting a sustainable future: the impact of economic policy, environmental taxation, innovation, and natural resources on clean energy consumption

S Su, M Qamruzzaman, S Karim - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Energy availability especially that derived from renewable sources has sustainable effects
on economic progress and environmental rectifications. However, using clean energy in the …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy strategies as enablers for solar PV adoption in organizational market segments

W Van Opstal, A Smeets - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
While the uptake of solar energy has been a success in recent years, PV panels will cause
an increasing waste problem in the coming decades. At the same time, it is important to …

Is the construction of new energy demonstration cities conducive to improvements in energy efficiency?

Z Cheng, X Yu, Y Zhang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As a low-cost urban development model with Chinese characteristics, the policy of new
energy demonstration cities (NEDC) is very important for China's quest to achieve a green …