RT Journal Article
T1 Sustainable energy transition and circular economy: the heterogeneity of potential investors in rural community renewable energy projects
A1 Romero Castro, Noelia María
A1 López Cabarcos, María Ángeles
A1 Miramontes Viña, Vanessa
A1 Ribeiro Soriano, Domingo
K1 Circular economy
K1 Community renewable energy
K1 Rural development
K1 Cluster analysis Willingness to invest
K1 Sustainable energy transition
AB Community renewable energy has been acknowledged as a necessary step in the transition toward a sustainable energy system. It can contribute to the achievement of energy autonomy by communities. In rural settings, it can be a driver of sustainable rural development. And it can be seen as a specific contribution to circular economy from the energy sector. The willingness to invest in community renewable energy has received some attention in previous research but needs further investigation at the local rural scale through quantitative approaches. Based on a survey in a small Galician village, this study contributes to the filling of this gap. The willingness to invest of its inhabitants is analyzed in relation to alternative financial, sociodemographic and sociopsychological features. Survey results show the heterogeneity of individual attitudes and concerns that condition the willingness to invest in rural community renewable energy and the different perceptions of risk and return related to these projects. Cluster analysis allows identifying four different investor profiles (skeptics, financial illiterate, enthusiasts, yield investors). These should be accounted for by project promoters and policymakers when designing incentives and strategies to foster community renewable energy in rural settings
PB Springer
SN 1387-585X
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30378
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30378
LA eng
NO Romero-Castro, N., Ángeles López-Cabarcos, M., Miramontes-Viña, V. et al. Sustainable energy transition and circular economy: The heterogeneity of potential investors in rural community renewable energy projects. Environ Dev Sustain (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02898-z
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. N. Romero-Castro acknowledges financial support by Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades) under research project with reference PID2021-124336OB-I00
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026