Polling in every constituency in Britain shows strong support for building wind and solar projects to drive down consumer bills, according to RenewableUK (RUK).
RUK said the results of the poll by Survation show that the Conservative Government risks losing voters if it fails to support renewables.
According to the survey 77% of people throughout the UK think the new government should use new solar and wind farms to reduce electricity bills, while 76% of people support building renewable energy projects in their local area.
Critically for the incoming government, 68% of the public polled want the new Conservative party leader to increase or maintain investment in renewables, compared to 14% who want to see investment reduced.
Around 40% of people said they would be less favourable to the Conservative party if the new leader weakens climate change policies, compared to only 16% who would be more favourable.
Support for renewables is high among Conservative voters, with 84% of those who backed the Tories at the last election urging the Government to use new wind and solar farms to cut electricity bills, while 81% of 2019 Tory voters supporting a renewable energy project in their area.
The 100 constituencies where support for offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and tidal power is strongest are now predominantly Conservative.
Each renewable technology enjoys very high levels of public support, with 81% in favour of solar energy, 76% of people backing offshore wind, 74% in favour of onshore wind and 72% backing tidal and wave power.
RenewableUK Chief Executive Dan McGrail said: “These findings are wake-up call to every politician, including the new Prime Minister, that the overwhelming majority of people want to see new investment in renewables and are happy to see new wind and solar farms built in their local area to drive energy bills down.
Sam Hall, Director of the Conservative Environment Network, added: “With new renewables nine times cheaper than gas power, the government should let the market deploy these technologies to ease the energy crisis.
“It should allow more solar farms to be built on unproductive land. It should also lift the de facto ban on onshore wind in England, provided that local communities consent in the same way that Liz Truss plans to do with fracking.”
McGrail said: “We’re keen to work with the new Prime Minister Liz Truss to slash energy bills by building more renewable energy projects faster, which means bringing in a planning system which reflects the widespread public support for these technologies, and setting ambitious targets for clean energy in each of their annual power auctions over the course of this decade.
“That will also help us to maximise jobs and attract billions in private investment.”