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Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah

Sustainable energy development has been linked to environmental concerns, which can be alleviated by substituting fossil fuels for renewable sources of electricity generation such as hydropower, solar, and wind. It is critical to raise public awareness of the importance of renewable energy in order...

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Main Author: Vanessa, Ruran Sindam
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2022
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HB Economic Theory
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spelling my.unimas.ir.399172024-09-12T08:41:55Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39917/ Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah Vanessa, Ruran Sindam HB Economic Theory Sustainable energy development has been linked to environmental concerns, which can be alleviated by substituting fossil fuels for renewable sources of electricity generation such as hydropower, solar, and wind. It is critical to raise public awareness of the importance of renewable energy in order to achieve the aim of widespread adoption. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate the factors that influence renewable energy acceptance in Sabah, Malaysia. This study uses the means of a questionnaire survey to collect primary data from respondents that reside in Sabah. The analysis in the study was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results revealed that value, belief, norm and perceived ease of use are statistically significant and have a positive relationship with renewable energy acceptance. However, the perceived usefulness did not show any significant relationship with acceptance. Therefore, this study suggests strengthening the government's enforcement laws and educating the public through various awareness programmes and education systems. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2022 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39917/2/VANESSA%20RURAN%20SINDAM%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Vanessa, Ruran Sindam (2022) Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Vanessa, Ruran Sindam
Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
description Sustainable energy development has been linked to environmental concerns, which can be alleviated by substituting fossil fuels for renewable sources of electricity generation such as hydropower, solar, and wind. It is critical to raise public awareness of the importance of renewable energy in order to achieve the aim of widespread adoption. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate the factors that influence renewable energy acceptance in Sabah, Malaysia. This study uses the means of a questionnaire survey to collect primary data from respondents that reside in Sabah. The analysis in the study was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results revealed that value, belief, norm and perceived ease of use are statistically significant and have a positive relationship with renewable energy acceptance. However, the perceived usefulness did not show any significant relationship with acceptance. Therefore, this study suggests strengthening the government's enforcement laws and educating the public through various awareness programmes and education systems.
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author Vanessa, Ruran Sindam
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title Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
title_short Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
title_full Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
title_fullStr Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Renewable energy acceptance in Sabah
title_sort renewable energy acceptance in sabah
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39917/2/VANESSA%20RURAN%20SINDAM%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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