Florkowski, Wojciech; ORCID: 0000-0003-1947-2182 (The University of Georgia)
Wójcik, Katarzyna (Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS – SGGW)
Issues of Country of Origin, Market Incentives, and Recycling in Opinions of Passive Solar Collector Owners
Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2018, vol.18(33), nr 3, s. 165-172
Słowa kluczowe
renewable energy survey rural resident recycling Poland
Key words
renewable energy survey rural resident recycling Poland
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Streszczenie
Thermal solar panel installation has been growing in Poland in response to the EU policies and available subsidies. This paper investigates the attitudes of residents of four counties in Mazowieckie Voividship in Poland about the origin of solar panels. Results show that rural residents did not attach importance to awarding preferences to domestic solar panel producers or to foreign producers in exchange of trade benefits. The recycling of used solar panels concerned a relatively small portion of respondents and seems to justify the passage of regulations obligating the solar panel industry to recycle the used panels.
Abstract
Thermal solar panel installation has been growing in Poland in response to the EU policies and available subsidies. This paper investigates the attitudes of residents of four counties in Mazowieckie Voividship in Poland about the origin of solar panels. Results show that rural residents did not attach importance to awarding preferences to domestic solar panel producers or to foreign producers in exchange of trade benefits. The recycling of used solar panels concerned a relatively small portion of respondents and seems to justify the passage of regulations obligating the solar panel industry to recycle the used panels.