RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES – A CASE STUDY: TEMSKA VILLAGE, STARA PLANINA MOUNTAIN (EASTERN SERBIA)

Authors

  • Dragana Blagojević BioSense Institute – The Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Novi Sad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-9113
  • Mirjana Radulović BioSense Institute – The Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Novi Sad; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad
  • Milivoj B. Gavrilov University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad
  • Aco Lukić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad
  • Debora Santo BioSense Institute – The Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Novi Sad
  • Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1903271B

Keywords:

renewable energy sources, Temska village, Stara Planina

Abstract

Renewable energy sources (RES) have the possibility to regenerate in a shorter time interval than the non-renewable energy sources and that is why they have always been the subject of interest, especially in the last decades. The Republic of Serbia has RES in the form of solar, wind, the power of water flow, geothermal heat, and biomass. The scientific research conducted in July 2016 in Temska village (City of Pirot) aimed to assess inhabitants’ attitudes and awareness of using RES. By interviewing 167 respondents, it is concluded that inhabitants do not have sufficient knowledge of quality and information on RES. Mostly, they are familiar with all terms: hydropower, solar, wind and geothermal energy (over 80%), and the term of biomass energy as well (70.7%). There is an extremely high level of misinformation about the RES subventions that are provided by the Government of the Republic of Serbia (up to 85.6% of respondents are not informed). These subventions are published in the Regulation on incentive measures for the production of electricity from RES and are based on the Feed-in Tariff system that is defined as non-refundable financial assistance from the state. A small number of respondents use RES, but a considerable number (21.6% ‘yes’ and 47.3% ‘maybe’) that does not use RES is interested, or already planning to use it in the future.

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2019-12-19

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Blagojević, D. ., Radulović, M. ., B. Gavrilov, M. ., Lukić, A. ., Santo, D. ., & B. Marković, S. . (2019). RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES – A CASE STUDY: TEMSKA VILLAGE, STARA PLANINA MOUNTAIN (EASTERN SERBIA). Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, 69(3), 271–278. https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1903271B

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Vol. 69 No. 3 (2019): Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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