Citizen and consumer preferences for non-market environmental impacts of wind and solar energy farms

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

J. Corbié Technology, Policy and Management

Contributors

C.G. Chorus (supervisor 1)
N. Mouter (supervisor 1)
E.J.L. Chappin (supervisor 1)
Niels Hoefsloot (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Technology, Policy and Management
Copyright: © 2017 Jori Corbié
Consumer preferences Discrete choice experiment Citizen preferences Reneconsumer preferences; discrete choice experiment; non-market goods and serviceswable energy
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Published Date

24-08-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Abstract

This thesis assesses the empirical differences between citizen and consumer preferences for (non-market) environmental impacts of government financed renewable energy farms, by designing citizen-based and consumer-based discrete choice experiments. The results indicate that to some extent citizens and consumers make different trade-offs between the environmental impacts of wind and solar energy farms. Moreover, the results infer that these differences may lead to different policy recommendations in environmental valuation studies of similar renewable energy technology alternatives.