Households' Preferences for Alternative Renewable Energy Technologies: An Attribute-Based Choice Experiment Survey in Metro Manila, Philippines

• Main Authors: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina, del Barrio Alvarez, Daniel, Palanca, Ruth S., Tan, Nelson Matthew P., Castillo, Gem B., Saplala, Dino Carlo A., Wang, Nan
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: biomass; choice experiment; climate change mitigation; renewable energy; small-scale hydropower; solar; willingness to pay; wind; Environmental Sciences; Oil, Gas, and Energy; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Sustainability
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/220; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/economics-faculty-pubs/article/1222/viewcontent/ijsdp_19.01_01.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Using a choice-based conjoint analysis, we measured willingness to pay (WTP) for an increase in the share of specific Renewable Energy (RE) technologies, namely solar, wind, biomass, and small-scale hydropower. The study found that on average, Metro Manila (MM) households are WTP an additional 19.3%...