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Table 2 Factor loadings per each participant, Q sort, represented per stakeholder group

From: Drivers and risks for renewable energy developments in mountain regions: a case of a pilot photovoltaic project in the Swiss Alps

No.

Participants per stakeholder group

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

1

National electricity company

0.84

0.15

0.17

0.22

2

Local administration

0.81

0.29

0.03

0.10

3

Local administration

0.78

0.26

0.10

0.17

4

Cantonal administration (Energy and Transport)

0.68

0.08

0.41

0.30

5

Local resident

0.67

0.36

0.13

0.17

6

Local administration

0.66

0.04

−0.03

0.37

7

Local resident

0.65

0.36

0.27

0.38

8

Local resident

0.59

0.38

0.28

0.03

9

National electricity company

0.59

−0.01

0.25

−0.04

10

Local resident

0.48

0.14

0.04

0.27

11

Local resident

0.18

0.63

0.09

0.25

12

Federal Commission for Avalanche and Rockfall

0.12

0.57

0.02

−0.01

13

Local resident

0.30

0.21

0.73

0.19

14

Local resident

0.36

0.42

0.59

0.22

15

Environmental NGO

0.11

0.34

0.45

−0.23

16

Local resident

−0.01

− 0.10

0.68

0.19

17

Local administration

0.22

0.36

0.17

0.63

18

Cantonal administration (Buildings security)

0.32

−0.01

0.21

0.69

19

Environmental NGO

0.47

0.53

0.41

0.28

 

Eigenvalue

5.3

2.1

2.2

1.8

 

Variance (%)

27.9

11.0

11.8

9.1

 

Cumulative Variance (%)

28

39

51

60

 

Humphrey’s rule (I)

11

3

4

2

 

Humphrey’s rule (II)

0.68

0.57

0.68

0.44

  1. Participants loading significantly at a level of p < 0.01, exceeding ± 0.442, are highlighted in bold. The confounded participants are highlighted in italics. Values in bold and italics are both loading significantly at a level of p < 0.01, exceeding ± 0.442 and confounded