Shi Zhengguang, Li Bingyao, Bilti Raluca Simina
College of Business Administration College, Chaohu University, Hefei, China.
College of Business, University Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 3;20(9):e0331334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331334. eCollection 2025.
The growing environmental, economic, and social challenges have compelled governments and policymakers to incorporate sustainable energy technologies. However, the development of sustainable energy technologies is hindered by various barriers in emerging economies like China. Although, previous studies attempted to investigate these barriers but there is dearth of studies determining the hierarchy ranking of the barriers. ISM based approach has been developed to fill this research gap by presenting the barriers on the basis of importance level. Through literature survey, fourteen barriers have been identified which were confirmed from expert's panel. These fourteen barriers are displayed in six layers of ISM hierarchy form from bottom to top which exhibits their ranking on priority base. Findings revealed that high initial cost, longer payback period, and lack of proper financing facilities are major barriers in adopting sustainable energy technologies. However, lack of social acceptance is the least important barrier in sustainable energy technologies. This work will assist companies to better understand the relationships between the barriers which is useful to reduce the barriers strength by implementing effective strategies.
日益增长的环境、经济和社会挑战迫使政府和政策制定者采用可持续能源技术。然而，在中国等新兴经济体中，可持续能源技术的发展受到各种障碍的阻碍。尽管先前的研究试图调查这些障碍，但缺乏确定障碍层次排名的研究。基于ISM的方法已被开发出来，通过根据重要性级别呈现障碍来填补这一研究空白。通过文献调查，确定了14个障碍，并得到了专家小组的确认。这14个障碍以ISM层次结构的六层形式从下到上展示，显示了它们的优先排名。研究结果表明，高初始成本、较长的回收期和缺乏适当的融资设施是采用可持续能源技术的主要障碍。然而，缺乏社会接受度是可持续能源技术中最不重要的障碍。这项工作将帮助企业更好地理解障碍之间的关系，这有助于通过实施有效策略来降低障碍强度。
