A Pilot Assessment of New Energy Usage Behaviors: The Impacts of Environmental Accident, Cognitions, and New Energy Policies
Jing Zhang, Weilun Huang
Abstract
Literature reviews and interviews with experts showed that new energy would be the future way of life instead of traditional energy. In this study, a questionnaire survey and SPSS model are used to examine the impacts on people’s new energy usage behavior (NEUB) by its cognitions of energy-related environmental accidents (CEREA) and new energy policies (CNEP), as well as other important factors affecting this behavior. The new energy usage behavior examines people’s new energy usage behavior of product usage ( NEUB PU ) and forecasted payment ( NEUB FP ). Among the influencing factors, people’s cognitions of energy-related environmental accidents (CEREA), people’s cognitions of new energy policies (CNEP), new energy characteristics (CNEC), new energy advantages (CNEA), and new energy disadvantages (CNED) are examined, and the influence of personal factors on NEUB is also examined. People’s new energy usage behavior of new energy stove ( NEUB NES ), new energy car ( NEUB NEC ), and NEUB FP are significantly positively correlated with CNEP; NEUB NEC is significantly positively correlated with CNEA, and NEUB FP is significantly positively correlated with CNEP and CNED. CNEC and CNEP significantly influence people’s new energy usage behavior of household photovoltaic system ( NEUB HPS ); CNEP significantly influences NEUB NES ; age, monthly income, CNEA, and CNEP significantly influence NEUB NEC ; age, monthly income, and CNEP significantly influence NEUB FP .