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- Title
Renewable Energy Cooperatives as a Stimulating Factor in Household Energy Savings.
- Authors
Hoppe, Thomas; Coenen, Frans H. J. M.; Bekendam, Maria T.
- Abstract
Little is known about how renewable energy cooperatives (REScoops) try to influence energy conservation among households and the resulting impact. In this article the main research question is: What is the predictive value of renewable energy cooperatives on intention to save energy, engagement in energy-saving actions, and self-reported energy conservation by households? A survey was conducted to answer this question. Data analysis involved multivariate and binary logistic regression on data from two cooperatives: Ecopower (Belgium; N = 1000) and Enercoop (France; N = 8290). Results show that in addition to psychological and socio-demographic variables, REScoop items modestly contribute to the explained variation in engagement in energy-saving actions and reported energy conservation. At Enercoop 18.2% of the respondents indicated that their cooperative contributed to household energy savings; for Ecopower this figure was 36.9%. Moreover, at Enercoop, 38.7% of the respondents reported consuming less energy since obtaining cooperative membership; at Ecopower this was 64.7%. The article concludes with suggestions for future research.
- Subjects
RENEWABLE energy sources; COOPERATIVE societies; GRASSROOTS movements; ENERGY consumption; ENERGY conservation; DATA analysis
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2019, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1188
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en12071188