Determinants of Rural People’s Attitudes Toward Using Solar Energy in some Villages in the New Valley Governorate

The research mainly aimed to identify the determinants of rural residents’ attitudes toward using solar energy. The research was conducted in the New Valley Governorate, the Farafra Center, and three villages were chosen from it: Al-Nahda, Al-Liwaa Subeih, and Al-Kifah, to conduct the study on them, which included 2,720 rural families.By applying the Stephen Thompson equation, it was found that the sample size was 237 respondents. To achieve the objectives of this study, a questionnaire sheet was designed specifically for a sample of heads of households in the study area. Data was collected from members of the research sample through a personal interview, randomly selected from within the three villages studied. Some descriptive and analytical statistical methods were used. The most important results were:The degree to which rural people are inclined towards the use of solar energy is determined by: the age of the respondent, educational level of the respondent, family size, cultural openness, geographic openness, level of ambition, innovation, membership of organizations, type of family, and the work and professional status of the respondent.