TY - GEN A1 - Hoffmann, Christin A1 - Ziemann, Niklas A1 - Penske, Franziska A1 - Müsgens, Felix T1 - The value of secure electricity supply for increasing acceptance of green hydrogen - First experimental evidence from the virtual reality lab T2 - 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 06-08 June 2023, Lappeenranta, Finland N2 - To unlock the high potential of green hydrogen in reaching the ambitious 1.5 °C goal declared by the Paris Agreement, enormous (public) investments are needed. Social acceptance of these investments is required in order to implement hydrogen technologies as fast and efficiently as possible. This study investigates which benefits associated with green hydrogen foster its social acceptance. Using a between-subject design, we implement two different treatments. Both treatments have in common that the participants experience the transformation into a hydrogen economy in a virtual reality scenario. In "Info Security of Supply", we provide the participants information about the benefits of green hydrogen regarding the security of energy supply and climate protection. In Control, we inform them only about the benefits of climate protection. Subsequently, the participants decide about the financial support of a hydrogen project. Our preliminary results show a higher support if the focus is solely on the positive impact of green hydrogen for climate protection. Y1 - 2023 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10161844 SN - 979-8-3503-1258-4 SN - 979-8-3503-2452-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161844 SN - 2165-4093 ER -