New statistics unveiled today by the UK Government show the vast majority of people support renewable energy.
The latest Public Attitudes Tracker, published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, shows 80% of people support the use of renewable energy, while only 3% oppose it.
In the tracker, in September 2020, solar scored highest with 85% of support, followed by wave and tidal with 79%, offshore wind with 77%, onshore wind with 73% and biomass with 68%.
Eight in 10 people (82%) in September 2020 were either very concerned (38%) or fairly concerned (44%) about climate change.
The level of overall concern about climate change has remained stable since June 2020 but increased slightly from March 2020 (78%).
The UK public are also increasingly aware of the UK Government’s net zero emissions target.
In September 2020, 66% of the public were aware of the concept of “net zero”, a continued increase from 63% in June 2020 and 52% in March 2020.
Though most of the public said they were aware of “net zero”, only 5% knew a lot about it.
A further 26% knew a little about it, and 13% a fair amount, up from 52% in the survey published in May, to 63% in August, to 66% of the latest tracker.
RenewableUK deputy chief executive Melanie Onn said: “The sky-high level of public support in this latest poll chimes with the Prime Minister’s announcement that he wants every UK home to be powered by offshore wind by 2030.
“We can build back better after Covid by putting onshore and offshore wind at the heart of our modern energy system, alongside innovative technologies like renewable hydrogen, floating wind and marine power.
“Our world-class clean-tech industries are bringing billions in private investment to the UK at the very time when we need to create new jobs most.”