Residents' Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

Wang, Qiang; Dogot, Thomas; Wu, Guosheng; Huang, xianlei; Yin, changbin

doi:10.3390/su11247175

Download

Article (Scientific journals)

Residents' Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

Wang, Qiang; Dogot, Thomas; Wu, Guosheng et al.

2019 • In Sustainability

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/243267

DOI
10.3390/su11247175

Files (1)Send to Details Statistics Bibliography Similar publications

Files

Full Text

sustainability-11-07175.pdf

Publisher postprint (994.59 kB)

Download

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to

RIS BibTex APA Chicago Permalink X Linkedin

Details

Keywords :

centralized biogas production (CBP); contingent valuation method (CVM); Heckman selection model; willingness to use (WTU); willingness to buy (WTB)

Abstract :

[en] Nowadays, in the North China Plain (NCP), most counties and suburban rural regions are promoting the "coal to gas" program under the situation of strong government support of large and medium-sized centralized biogas production (CBP) projects. This paper is aimed at the CBP projects, focuses on rural residents’ “willingness to use (WTU)”, “willingness to buy (WTB)” and the influencing factors for WTU/WTB. Through the analysis of rural residents from Hebei and Shandong provinces that belong to NCP in this survey, we find that 85% of respondents support the CBP program and the WTB is 63.15 CNY/year per capita, which is much lower than the cost of rural CBP in existing survey regions. The participation of rural residents is not only a manifestation of personal and family characteristics; understanding of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and household energy practices are more important. These non-economic factors seriously affect WTU/WTB. Hence, it is necessary to appropriately increase the government revenue to such projects, strengthen government guidance and publicity, improve the environmental knowledge and attitude of rural residents and guide residents’ practice. Based on a fully understanding of residents' consumption decision mechanism, we establish a financial support mechanism due to the demand response, adopt a correct calculation for financial support, such as a reasonable subsidy rate, and seek the greatest commonality of cost, financial support, and demand.

Disciplines :

Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Wang, Qiang ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Terra

Dogot, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Modélisation et développement

Wu, Guosheng

Huang, xianlei

Yin, changbin

Language :

English

Title :

Residents' Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

Publication date :

14 December 2019

Journal title :

Sustainability

eISSN :

2071-1050

Publisher :

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), Basel, Switzerland

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7175

Funders :

NSFC - National Social Science Foundation of China
China Agriculture Research System-Green Manure
Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China (18ZDA048); China Agriculture Research System-Green Manure (CARS-22-G25)

Available on ORBi :

since 16 January 2020

Statistics

Number of views

66 (6 by ULiège)

Number of downloads

52 (4 by ULiège)

More statistics

Scopus citations^®

Scopus citations^®
without self-citations

OpenCitations

Bibliography

Yang, X.; Cheng, L.; Yin, C.; Lebailly, P.; Azadi, H. Urban residents' willingness to pay for corn straw burning ban in Henan, China: Application of payment card. J. Clean. Prod. 2018, 193, 471-478.
Wei, Y.; Liao, H.; Wang, K. China Energy Report (2014): Energy Poverty Study; Chinese Science Publisher: Beijing, China, 2014; pp. 103-125. (In Chinese)
Wang, H.; Wang, Y.; Gao, C.; Wang, D.; Qin, C.; Bi, Y. Environmental impact assessment of straw biogas centralized gas supply project based on LCA. Trans. CSAE 2017, 33, 237-243, (in Chinese with English abstract).
National Bureau of Statistics China Rural Poverty Monitoring Report 2017; China Statistics Press: Beijing, China, 2018. (In Chinese)
Cong, H.; Zhao, L.; Meng, H.; Yao, Z.; Huo, L.; Jia, J.; Wu, Y. Applicability evaluation of biomass pyrolytic poly-generation technology on clean heating in northern rural of China. Trans. Chin. Soc. Agric. Eng. 2018, 34, 8-14.
GOSC. Three-year Action Plan for the Renovation of Rural Human Settlements Environment; General Office of the State Council (GOSC): Beijing, China, 2018.
NEA. Notice on the Construction of Clean Heating Demonstration Project of "100 Towns" Biomass Cogeneration County; National Energy Administration (NEA): Beijing, China, 2018.
NDRC. Winter Clean Heating Planning in the North (2017-2021) (2017-12-05); National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC): Beijing, China, 2018. (In Chinese)
Xi, J. Winning a Comprehensive Well-OffSociety and Winning a Great Victory in Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era; People's Publishing House of China: Beijing, China, 2017. (In Chinese)
NDRC; MOA. Guidance Opinions on Construction of Centralized Gas Supply and Utilization Project for Straw Gasification and Biomass Gasification; National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); Ministry Of Agriculture (MOA): Beijing, China, 2017. (In Chinese)
NDRC; NEA. Guidance on Promoting the Development of Biomass Heat Supply ([2017]2123); National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); National Energy Administration (NEA): Beijing, China, 2017. (In Chinese)
Achinas, S.; Achinas, V.; Euverink, G.J.W. A Technological Overview of Biogas Production from Biowaste. Engineering 2017, 3, 299-307.
Du, T.; Yun, S.; Zhu, J.; Huang, X. Research progress of anaerobic fermentation of biomass waste. China Biogas 2016, 34, 46-52.
Achinas, S.; Krooneman, J.; Euverink, G.J.W. Enhanced Biogas Production from the Anaerobic Batch Treatment of Banana Peels. Engineering 2019, 5, 970-978.
Achinas, S.; Euverink, G.J.W. Elevated biogas production from the anaerobic co-digestion of farmhouse waste: Insight into the process performance and kinetics. Waste Manag. Res. 2019, 37, 1240-1249.
Rasapoor, M.; Young, B.; Brar, R.; Sarmah, A.; Zhuang, W.Q.; Baroutian, S. Recognizing the challenges of anaerobic digestion: Critical steps toward improving biogas generation. Fuel 2020, 261, 116497.
Fazal, T.; Saif Ur Rehman, M.; Mushtaq, A.; Hafeez, A.; Javed, F.; Aslam, M.; Fatima, M.; Faisal, A.; Iqbal, J.; Rehman, F.; et al. Simultaneous production of bioelectricity and biogas from chicken droppings and dairy industry wastewater employing bioelectrochemical system. Fuel 2019, 256, 115902.
Peppers, J.; Li, Y.; Xue, J.; Chen, X.; Alaimo, C.; Wong, L.; Young, T.; Green, P.G.; Jenkins, B.; Zhang, R.; et al. Performance analysis of membrane separation for upgrading biogas to biomethane at small scale production sites. Biomass Bioenergy 2019, 128, 105314.
Adnan, A.I.; Ong, M.Y.; Nomanbhay, S.; Chew, K.W.; Show, P.L. Technologies for Biogas Upgrading to Biomethane: A Review. Bioengineering 2019, 6, 92.
Schmid, C.; Horschig, T.; Pfeiffer, A.; Szarka, N.; Thrän, D. Biogas Upgrading: A Review of National Biomethane Strategies and Support Policies in Selected Countries. Energies 2019, 12, 3803.
Patinvoh, R.J.; Taherzadeh, M.J. Challenges of biogas implementation in developing countries. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sci. Health 2019, 12, 30-37.
Yuyun, B. Straw Resource Evaluation and Utilization Research. Ph. D. Thesis, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 2010. (in Chinese with English abstract).
Wang, L.; Gao, C.; Bi, Y.; Wang, Y.; Wang, H.; Sun, N.; Yu, J. Estimation of greenhouse gas emission reduction for large-scale straw biogas centralized gas supply project. Trans. CSAE 2017, 33, 223-228, (in Chinese with English abstract).
Jiang, L.; Zhang, J.; Wang, H.H.; Zhang, L.; He, K. The impact of psychological factors on farmers' intentions to reuse agricultural biomass waste for carbon emission abatement. J. Clean. Prod. 2018, 189, 797-804.
Zhu, L.; Song, Q.; Sheng, N.; Zhou, X. Exploring the determinants of consumers' WTB and WTP for electric motorcycles using CVM method in Macau. Energy Policy 2019, 127, 64-72.
Zemo, K.H.; Termansen, M. Farmers' willingness to participate in collective biogas investment: A discrete choice experiment study. Resour. Energy Econ. 2018, 52, 87-101.
Kabyanga, M.; Balana, B.B.; Mugisha, J.; Walekhwa, P.N.; Smith, J.; Glenk, K. Are smallholder farmers willing to pay for a flexible balloon biogas digester? Evidence from a case study in Uganda. Energy Sustain. Dev. 2018, 43, 123-129.
He, K.; Zhang, J.; Zeng, Y.; Zhang, L. Households' willingness to accept compensation for agricultural waste recycling: Taking biogas production from livestock manure waste in Hubei, P.R. China as an example. J. Clean. Prod. 2016, 131, 410-420.
He, K.; Zhang, J.; Zeng, Y. Rural households' willingness to accept compensation for energy utilization of crop straw in China. Energy 2018, 165, 562-571.
Huang, X.; Cheng, L.; Chien, H.; Jiang, H.; Yang, X.; Yin, C. Sustainability of returning wheat straw to field in Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces: A contingent valuation method. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 213, 1290-1298.
Lee, C.; Heo, H. Estimating willingness to pay for renewable energy in South Korea using the contingent valuation method. Energy Policy 2016, 94, 150-156.
Xie, B.; Zhao, W. Willingness to pay for green electricity in Tianjin, China: Based on the contingent valuation method. Energy Policy 2018, 114, 98-107.
Ferreira, S.; Marques, R.C. Contingent valuation method applied to waste management. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2015, 99, 111-117.
Fujii, S.; Kitamura, R.; Suda, H. Contingent valuation method can increase procedural justice. J. Econ. Psychol. 2004, 25, 877-889.
Whitehead, J.C. Plausible responsiveness to scope in contingent valuation. Ecol. Econ. 2016, 128, 17-22.
Brebner, S.; Sonnemans, J. Does the elicitation method impact the WTA/WTP disparity? J. Behav. Exp. Econ. 2018, 73, 40-45.
Venkatachalam, L. The contingent valuation method: A review. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2004, 24, 89-124.
Briscoe, J.; de Castro, P.F.; Griffin, C.; North, J.; Olsen, O. Toward Equitable and Sustainable Rural Water Supplies: A Contingent Valuation Study in Brazil. World Bank Econ. Rev. 1990, 4, 115-134. Available online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3989925 (accessed on 31 May 2009).
Hanemann, C.O.; Gabreëls-Festen, A.A.W.M.; Stoll, G.; Muller, H.W. Schwann cell differentiation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A): Normal number of myelinating Schwann cells in young CMT1A patients and neural cell adhesion molecule expression in onion bulbs. Acta Neuropathol. 1997, 94, 310-315.
Spash, C.L. Non-Economic Motivation for Contingent Values: Rights and Attitudinal Beliefs in the Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements. Land Econ. 2006, 82, 602-622.
Chaudhry, P.; Singh, B.; Tewari, V.P. Non-market economic valuation in developing countries: Role of participant observation method in CVM analysis. J. For. Econ. 2007, 13, 259-275.
Yang, X.; He, L.; Xia, Y.; Chen, Y. Effect of government subsidies on renewable energy investments: The threshold effect. Energy Policy 2019, 132, 156-166.
Bolis, I.; Morioka, S.N.; Sznelwar, L.I. Are we making decisions in a sustainable way? A comprehensive literature review about rationalities for sustainable development. J. Clean. Prod. 2017, 145, 310-322.
Amiran, E.Y.; Hagen, D.A. What do income tests tell us about the gap between WTA and WTP for public goods? J. Environ. Econ. Manag. 2018, 90, 134-146.
Yuan, G.; Yang, W. Evaluating China's Air Pollution Control Policy with Extended AQI Indicator System: Example of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. Sustainability 2019, 11, 939.
Zheng, Z.; Yang, Z.; Wu, Z.; Marinello, F. Spatial Variation of NO2 and Its Impact Factors in China: An Application of Sentinel-5P Products. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1939.
Fan, H.; Zhao, C.; Yang, Y. A comprehensive analysis of the spatio-temporal variation of urban air pollution in China during 2014-2018. Atmos. Environ. 2020, 220, 117066.
Su, P.; Lin, D.; Qian, C. Study on Air Pollution and Control Investment from the Perspective of the Environmental Theory Model: A Case Study in China, 2005-2014. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2181.
Jin, Y.; Andersson, H.; Zhang, S. Air Pollution Control Policies in China: A Retrospective and Prospects. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 1219.
Zhang, D.; Liu, J.; Li, B. Tackling Air Pollution in China-What do We Learn from the Great Smog of 1950s in LONDON. Sustainability 2014, 6, 5322-5338.
Song, D.; Hou, S.; Wang, X.; Liang, G.; Zhou, W. Nutrient resource quantity of crop straw and its potential of substituting. J. Plant Nutr. Fertil. 2018, 24, 1-21.
China Agricultural Statistics Yearbook Editorial Board. China Agricultural Statistics Yearbook; China Agricultural Press: Beijing, China, 2017; p. 183. (In Chinese)
Kaliyaperumal, K. Guideline for conducting a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) study. AECS Illum. 2004, 4, 7-9.
Ahamad, N.R.; Ariffin, M. Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards sustainable consumption among university students in Selangor, Malaysia. Sustain. Prod. Consum. 2018, 16, 88-98.
Almasi, A.; Mohammadi, M.; Azizi, A.; Berizi, Z.; Shamsi, K.; Shahbazi, A.; Mosavi, S.A. Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of the kermanshahi women towards reducing, recycling and reusing of municipal solid waste. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2019, 141, 329-338.
Vandamme, E. Concepts and Challenges in the Use of Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Surveys: Literature Review; Institute of Tropical Medicine: Antwerp, Belgium, 2009.
Flachaire, E.; Hollard, G. Starting point bias and respondent uncertainty in dichotomous choice contingent valuation surveys. Resour. Energy Econ. 2007, 29, 183-194.
Xie, B.; Zhao, W.; Yin, Z.; Xie, P. How much will the residents pay for clean energy? Empirical study using the double bound dichotomous choice method for Tianjin, China. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 241, 118208.
Yoon, T.; Ma, Y.; Rhodes, C. Individual Heating systems vs. District Heating systems: What will consumers pay for convenience? Energy Policy 2015, 86, 73-81.
Miao, Y.; Yang, Z.; Zhou, H. Study on the Willingness to Pay and the Influencing Factors of Rural Residents' Environmental Health Improvement-Taking the Reform of Toilet as an Example. Manag. World 2012, 09, 89-99. (In Chinese)
Heckman, J.J. Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error. Econom. J. Econom. Soc. 1979, 47, 153-161.
Whittington, D.; Briscoe, J.; Mu, X.; Barron, W. Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Water Services in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Use of Contingent Valuation Surveys in Southern Haiti. Econ. Dev. Cult. Chang. 1990, 38, 293-311.
Harrison, D.A.; McLaughlin, M.E. Structural properties and psychometric qualities of organizational self-reports: Field tests of connections predicted by cognitive theory. J. Manag. 1996, 22, 313-338.
Sutton, S. Health Behavior: Psychosocial Theories. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences; Smelser, N.J., Baltes, P.B., Eds.; Pergamon: Oxford, UK, 2001; pp. 6499-6506.
Good, N. Using behavioural economic theory in modelling of demand response. Appl. Energy 2019, 239, 107-116.
Hassani, H.; Sattar, M.; Odulaja, A.; Santoso, W.M. A statistical approach for a fuel subsidy mechanism. Energy Policy 2018, 119, 666-673.
National Bureau of Statistics. Chinese Statistical Yearbook; China Statistics Press: Beijing, China, 2018; p. 183. (In Chinese)
Padilla-Rivera, A.; Paredes, M.G.; Güereca, L.P. A systematic review of the sustainability assessment of bioenergy: The case of gaseous biofuels. Biomass Bioenergy 2019, 125, 79-94.
Shih, H.; Cheng, C.; Chen, H. Recycling fund management for a cleaner environment through differentiated subsidy rates. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 240, 118146.
Shen, J.; Luo, C. Overall review of renewable energy subsidy policies in China-Contradictions of intentions and effects. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2015, 41, 1478-1488.
Lam, P.T.I.; Law, A.O.K. Financing for renewable energy projects: A decision guide by developmental stages with case studies. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2018, 90, 937-944.
Newell, R.G.; Pizer, W.A.; Raimi, D.U.S. federal government subsidies for clean energy: Design choices and implications. Energy Econ. 2019, 80, 831-841.
Eichner, T.; Pethig, R. EU-type carbon regulation and the waterbed effect of green energy promotion. Energy Econ. 2019, 80, 656-679.
Zeng, Y.; Zhang, J.; He, K. Effects of conformity tendencies on households' willingness to adopt energy utilization of crop straw: Evidence from biogas in rural China. Renew. Energy 2019, 138, 573-584.
Zou, B.; Luo, B. Rural household energy consumption characteristics and determinants in China. Energy 2019, 182, 814-823.
National Health and Family Planning Commission. Report on the Family Development in China, 2015; Chinese Population Press: Beijing, China, 2015. (In Chinese)
Wu, S.; Zheng, X.; You, C.; Wei, C. Household energy consumption in rural China: Historical development, present pattern and policy implication. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 211, 981-991.
Ma, W.; Zhou, X.; Renwick, A. Impact of off-farm income on household energy expenditures in China: Implications for rural energy transition. Energy Policy 2019, 127, 248-258.
Zheng, G. Shandong Provincial Government Work Report; General Office of Shandong Provincial Government: Jinan, China, 2019.
Qin, X. Hebei Provincial Government Work Report; General Office of Hebei Provincial Government: Shijiazhuang, China, 2019.
Babaei, A.A.; Alavi, N.; Goudarzi, G.; Teymouri, P.; Ahmadi, K.; Rafiee, M. Household recycling knowledge, attitudes and practices towards solid waste management. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2015, 102, 94-100.
Nguyen, T.P.L.; Seddaiu, G.; Roggero, P.P. Declarative or procedural knowledge? Knowledge for enhancing farmers' mitigation and adaptation behaviour to climate change. J. Rural Stud. 2019, 67, 46-56.
Singh, S.K.; Chen, J.; Del Giudice, M.; El-Kassar, A. Environmental ethics, environmental performance, and competitive advantage: Role of environmental training. Technol. Forecast Soc. 2019, 146, 203-211.
Varela-Candamio, L.; Novo-Corti, I.; Teresa Garcia-Alvarez, M. The importance of environmental education in the determinants of green behavior: A meta-analysis approach. J. Clean. Prod. 2018, 170, 1565-1578.
Chen, Q.; Liu, T. Biogas system in rural China: Upgrading from decentralized to centralized? Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2017, 78, 933-944.
Yin, D.; Liu, W.; Zhai, N.; Wang, Y.; Ren, C.; Yang, G. Regional differentiation of rural household biogas development and related driving factors in China. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2017, 67, 1008-1018.
GOSC. Air Pollution Prevention Action Plan; General Office of the State Council (GOSC), GOSC: Beijing, China, 2013.