Abstract
The green energy transition must be understood as a complex process requiring the involvement of many actors. Civil society stakeholders' opinion on energy sources began to influence energy policy formation and implementation. It plays a significant and complementary role to central government's actions in raising awareness about the green energy transition and positions themselves in the move towards a sustainable energy future. Greater understanding of civil society motivations towards the promotion of renewables will present both opportunities, and highlight challenges, for the delivery of an energy policy and action-taking aimed at progress towards energy sustainability. Previous researches have tended to analyze civil society participation from a more broadly perspective which interrogated the dynamic of group formation apart from the work we present in this paper which explores the civil society's motivations and barriers to promote renewable energies in Tunisia through a qualitative research. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.