Awareness and acceptability of the filipino people on renewable energy technologies
International Journal of Development Research
Awareness and acceptability of the filipino people on renewable energy technologies
Received 19th March, 2017; Received in revised form 14th April, 2017; Accepted 26th May, 2017; Published online 30th June, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Anniebeth N. Farin and Mary Ann E. Abugho. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study aimed to determine the attitude of the Filipino people towards renewable energy technologies. The study is quantitative in nature which used descriptive survey as means of data collection. Four hundred seventy three (473) respondents from thirteen municipalities of the province of Zambales were selected for this study. Results indicate that majority of the respondents were male, below 21 years old, married, with elementary level as the highest educational attainment, have household size of 3-4 members, and monthly income of below Php15,000 to Php above 50,000.00.Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents are moderately aware of the renewable technologies in the locality and indicated moderate acceptability on the different technologies such as solar panel and windmill however, showed slight acceptability on biogas and ramp pump. Solar panel and wind mill were more acceptable than ramp pump and biogas.
