Dear Colleagues,

The global energy and environmental market are changing rapidly, and a few megatrends can be identified in this transition. Among them, with a wider application of new energy technologies such as renewable energy, there is the possibility of shifting from a conventional centralized energy supply system to a more distributed energy production system. In addition, as people’s overall economic level, education level, and living standards have improved, public interest and participation in energy and environmental issues are steadily increasing. In many countries, the rejection of several energy projects due to the opposition of local residents is a representative example of this importance of public opinion in the process of policy implementation. In such a situation, it is very important to understand the social needs and public preferences within energy and environmental issues, and reflect them fully in the related policy and project development. In this Special Issue, any kind of theoretical and empirical study that analyzes end-users and the general public’s perceptions and attitudes towards energy and environmental issues would be welcomed.
The focus of this Special Issue is on (but is not limited to):

1. The public’s preferences for, and their attitude toward, energy and environmental issues (including policy, project, technology);
2. Social (local or nationwide) acceptance of issues in the field of energy and environment;
3. The impact of an energy and environmental policy on end-user behavior;
4. Applications of stated preference methods to energy and environmental studies;
5. Valuation of novel energy and environmental technology, and people’s willingness to pay for it;
6. Identification of social needs for energy and environmental policy and/or technology.

Prof. Dr. Sung-Yoon Huh
Guest Editor

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• Social acceptance
• Public attitude and opinion
• Local acceptance
• Regional conflicts
• NIMBY
• PIMFY
• End-user preferences
• Distributed generation
• Decentralized energy system
• Energy prosumer
• Lay-people
• Community participation
• Economic valuation
• Willingness to pay
• Stated-preference techniques
• Survey