Table 2.

Convergent validity analysis

Constructs	Items	Loadings	C.B Alpha	C.R	AVE
Maintenance barriers of biogas plants	MBBP1	0.789	0.929	0.937	0.598
	MBBP2	0.857
	MBBP3	0.794
	MBBP4	0.733
	MBBP5	0.84
	MBBP6	0.72
	MBBP7	0.735
	MBBP8	0.798
	MBBP9	0.716
	MBBP10	0.738
Financial support for biogas plants	FSFBP1	0.849	0.969	0.972	0.643
	FSFBP2	0.788
	FSFBP3	0.765
	FSFBP4	0.828
	FSFBP5	0.792
	FSFBP6	0.835
	FSFBP7	0.815
	FSFBP8	0.806
	FSFBP9	0.709
	FSFBP10	0.783
	FSFBP11	0.822
	FSFBP12	0.767
	FSFBP13	0.789
	FSFBP14	0.852
	FSFBP15	0.84
	FSFBP16	0.828
	FSFBP17	0.835
	FSFBP18	0.808
	FSFBP19	0.708
Economic and policy barriers	EBP1	0.887	0.978	0.981	0.865
	EBP2	0.910
	EBP3	0.821
	EBP4	0.840
	EBP5	0.773
	EBP6	0.890
	EBP7	0.897
	EBP8	0.894
	EBP9	0.811
	EBP10	0.839
	EBP11	0.775
	EBP12	0.898
	EBP13	0.823
	EBP14	0.901
Owner satisfaction with biogas plant	OSWBP1	0.922	0.978	0.981	0.865
	OSWBP2	0.930
	OSWBP3	0.932
	OSWBP4	0.939
	OSWBP5	0.925
	OSWBP6	0.929
	OSWBP7	0.942
	OSWBP8	0.924
Awareness through social media	ATSM1	0.849	0.936	0.948	0.722
	ATSM2	0.858
	ATSM3	0.853
	ATSM4	0.865
	ATSM5	0.869
	ATSM6	0.853
	ATSM7	0.799
Intention to adopt biogas technology	ITABT1	0.786	0.917	0.933	0.667
	ITABT2	0.805
	ITABT3	0.830
	ITABT4	0.815
	ITABT5	0.838
	ITABT6	0.836
	ITABT7	0.806

N = 79; SFL, standard factor loading; AVE, average variance extracted; CR, composite reliability