Exploring Barriers in the Sustainable Microgeneration: Preliminary Insights Thought the PLS-PM Approach

Several sociological works have highlighted the non-technical barriers in the implementation process of green facilities and energy efficiency technologies. These researches have identified some of the main variables involved in the so-called sustainable transition process. They have also suggested some possible strategies to overcome the limits to promoting sustainable energy. Despite these scientific considerations, the dissemination of a microdistributed green generation—which seems to represent a deep shift in the current energy regime—is less developed compared to the renewable big facilities. Using statistics data from different sources on Italy, the aim of this work is to understand which dimensions appear to be important in overcoming non-technical barriers in the development of microdistributed green energy generation, in particular domestic photovoltaic plants and building insulation systems. Through the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM), we present some preliminary insight in exploring the non-technical barriers involved in the microgreen.