Title: BARIERS AND BRIDGES TO PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRCITY GENERATION BY HOMEOWNERS: PRELIMINARY SURVEY FINDINGS
1BARIERS AND BRIDGES TO PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRCITY
GENERATION BY HOMEOWNERS PRELIMINARY SURVEY
FINDINGS N 124 Respondents
- ENVS 116, FALL 2006 SJSU
- SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
- ASIM ZIA
2Expectation to Live in the Current Home High
Mobility
3Utility Bill Payer
4House Hold Size
5Tracking Electricity Use
6Variation in Utility Bill N67 Summer and
large family effects
7Current Utility Performance Dissatisfaction with
Environmental Effects
8Familiarity with Solar and PV Technologies Is PV
not yet known?
9PV Understanding and Reliability
10House as a good PV site
11Familiarity with Associated Costs of PV
12Worthiness of PV costs
13Interest in Renewable Electricity
14Familiarity with Net Metering Incentives not
communicated!
15Considered Purchasing Solar Electric System
16Likely condition for purchasing a PV system
17PV Purchase Financing Preferences
18Highest Willingness to Pay (WTP)
19Role of CA Government
20Ranking of PV Purchase Barriers
21Ranking of PV Purchase Opportunities
22Household Income Ranges
23Racial Background Missing Afro-Americans and
Natives
24WTP and Income
25WTP and Income by Race
26WTP and Expectation to Live
27WTP and Household Size
28WTP and Utility Bill
29WTP and familiarity with solar electricity
surprising trend for very familiar!
30Low WTP of the respondents very familiar with PV
surprise continues!
31Low WTP of the respondents who know PV very well
surprise continues!
32Expected results WTP and PV site
33Another surprise WTP and Electricity Use Trackers
34Low WTP of respondents very familiar with
associated costs of PV
35WTP and worthiness of PV costs expected results
36WTP and interest in renewable electricity
expected results
37Confounding result WTP and familiarity with net
metering
38WTP and consideration of solar electric system
purchase
39WTP and likely purchase conditions
40WTP and financing preferences
41PV WTP and govt. role influence of political
ideologies?
42PV WTP, role of govt. and race
43PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
44PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
45PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
46PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
47PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
48PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
49PV WTP and Barrier Perceptions
50PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions
51PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions
52PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions
53PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions
54PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions
55PV WTP and Opportunity Perceptions