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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112120
	Fuel mix disclosure in Germany—The effect of more transparent information on consumer preferences for renewable energy
	Bengart P.; Vogt B.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	150
英文摘要	Electricity suppliers in many countries are legally required to disclose their electricity products' fuel mix, with the objective of helping consumers make more informed electricity purchase decisions. The fuel mix disclosure system in Germany differs from those of many other countries and from that which the European Union demands. While electricity suppliers must list fossil and fissile energy sources individually, the renewable energy sources (RES) are lumped together under the generic terms “renewable energies supported by the EEG” and “other renewable energies.” We investigated whether breaking these generic terms down into their components (photovoltaics, hydropower, wind power, and biomass) impacts consumers' preferences and their willingness to pay for renewables. Our results suggest that consumers are willing to pay more for electricity made from RES when information about the individual RES was provided. We found that a possible explanation for this finding is that consumers perceive the specified RES as less harmful to the environment than the two generic RES and that consumers have poor knowledge about what energy sources these generic RES represent. We therefore recommend German policy makers to move away from the current fuel mix disclosure system toward one that provides more detailed information. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Consumer preferences Fuel mix disclosure Renewable energy Transparent information Willingness to pay
英文关键词	Electric utilities; Wind power; Consumer preferences; Consumers' preferences; Energy source; European union; Purchase decision; Renewable energies; Renewable energy source; Willingness to pay; Fuels; alternative energy; consumption behavior; electricity generation; energy policy; European Union; renewable resource; willingness to pay; Germany
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205014
作者单位	Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Empirical Economics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bengart P.,Vogt B.. Fuel mix disclosure in Germany—The effect of more transparent information on consumer preferences for renewable energy[J],2021,150.
APA	Bengart P.,&Vogt B..(2021).Fuel mix disclosure in Germany—The effect of more transparent information on consumer preferences for renewable energy.Energy Policy,150.
MLA	Bengart P.,et al."Fuel mix disclosure in Germany—The effect of more transparent information on consumer preferences for renewable energy".Energy Policy 150(2021).