Public acceptance of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen refuelling stations in Spain

Green hydrogen plays a fundamental role in the transition of energy systems to a low-carbon future. In Spain's climate and energy strategy, hydrogen is considered an essential part of the solution to the challenges posed by the climate crisis. Public acceptance can become a limiting factor for...

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Authors: Sala Escarrabil, Roser|||0000-0003-3227-7111, Gonçalves, Lila|||0000-0001-9570-0963, Huan, Ning, Sato, Hitomi|||0000-0001-5162-7995, Yamamoto, Toshiyuki|||0000-0002-7540-5040, Haohui, Yin, Tzioutzios, Dimitrios|||0000-0001-8557-8837, Navarro, José-Blas|||0000-0001-5929-4224
Format: article
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:321868
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321868
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.089
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Factor analysis
Hydrogen refuelling stations
Hydrogen technologies
Local acceptance
Regression analysis
Social acceptance
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Summary:Green hydrogen plays a fundamental role in the transition of energy systems to a low-carbon future. In Spain's climate and energy strategy, hydrogen is considered an essential part of the solution to the challenges posed by the climate crisis. Public acceptance can become a limiting factor for effective implementation of this technology. This study analyses the influence of several psychosocial variables on the acceptance of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen fuelling stations in Spain. A representative sample of 1000 participants from the population living in Spain completed an online survey. Multivariate linear regressions for general (G) and local (L) acceptance show that trust in hydrogen (βG = 0.52, βL = 0.11), benefits perception (βG = 0.23, βL = 0.15), subjective knowledge (βG = -0.05, βL = 0.12) and positive (βG = 0.11, βL = 0.36) and negative (βG = -0.06, βL = -0.12) affect are significant predictors in both types of acceptance, but environmental attitudes (βG = 0.13), objective knowledge (βG = 0.04) and age (βG = 0.06) are only significant when considering general acceptance. Moreover, local acceptance is slightly lower than general acceptance, highlighting the need for effective communication and participation in the successful deployment of hydrogen installations.

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