Social Acceptance of Renewable Ener9y in Developin9 Countries:Challenges and Opportunities
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https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3311Keywords:
Social acceptance, renewable energies, developing countriesAbstract
Utilization of renewable energy technologies has short-term,
middle-term and long term interests. Since the portion of renewable
energies have to increase 10% till 2025, legislating relevant policies for
increasing the portion of these energies is essential. This article reports
studies about the social acceptance level of renewable energies in a
selected developing country by using social acceptance pyramid. First,
the identified indicators are weighted based on the circumstances of
renewable energies. After that, the selected renewable sources, wind,
solar, and geothermal, are ranked based on the indicators and analytical
hierarchy process. The research results indicate that wind energy has
the better social acceptance position than solar and geothermal energies.
Finally, some polices are suggested for increasing the acceptance level of
all renewable energies in developing countries.
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