Public perception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Denmark: Support or reluctant acceptance?
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Public perception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Denmark : Support or reluctant acceptance? / Ugarte-Lucas, Paula; Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl.
In: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 136, 104187, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Public perception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Denmark
T2 - Support or reluctant acceptance?
AU - Ugarte-Lucas, Paula
AU - Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Most climate change mitigation scenarios rely on negative emissions technologies like bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). However, little is known about public support for BECCS. This paper gauges Danes’ willingness to pay (WTP) for biomass with carbon capture and storage and examines factors influencing it. Denmark is a suitable case study given its reliance on biomass and negative emissions to achieve climate targets. Results from a questionnaire-based survey indicate a mean WTP of 3072 DKK (412 EUR) per household per year. This correspondents to a 12% increase in heat and electricity expenses. The need for negative emissions is the main stated reason for WTP. This may be interpreted as reflecting either support for, or reluctant acceptance of, BECCS. Results show that being younger, being concerned about climate change and believing that it is mainly caused by human activity, and believing in the mitigation potential of biomass and that sustainability is a precondition of its use have a significant effect on WTP. Public views on BECCS are complex but must be acknowledged if discussion of the role of BECCS in the decarbonisation agenda is to move forward.
AB - Most climate change mitigation scenarios rely on negative emissions technologies like bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). However, little is known about public support for BECCS. This paper gauges Danes’ willingness to pay (WTP) for biomass with carbon capture and storage and examines factors influencing it. Denmark is a suitable case study given its reliance on biomass and negative emissions to achieve climate targets. Results from a questionnaire-based survey indicate a mean WTP of 3072 DKK (412 EUR) per household per year. This correspondents to a 12% increase in heat and electricity expenses. The need for negative emissions is the main stated reason for WTP. This may be interpreted as reflecting either support for, or reluctant acceptance of, BECCS. Results show that being younger, being concerned about climate change and believing that it is mainly caused by human activity, and believing in the mitigation potential of biomass and that sustainability is a precondition of its use have a significant effect on WTP. Public views on BECCS are complex but must be acknowledged if discussion of the role of BECCS in the decarbonisation agenda is to move forward.
KW - Acceptability
KW - BECCS
KW - Energy transition
KW - Negative emissions technology (NET)
KW - Non-market valuation
KW - Stated preference method
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104187
DO - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104187
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85197362033
VL - 136
JO - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
JF - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
SN - 1750-5836
M1 - 104187
ER -
ID: 399352053