UK: attitudes to renewables community benefits 2021

A 2021 survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that 75 percent of UK's residents strongly or slightly agree that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located. By comparison, figures were at 78 percent in 2012.

Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?*

Characteristic	Strongly agree	Slightly agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Slightly disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
2021	41%	34%	18%	3%	2%	3%
2020	47%	33%	15%	3%	1%	1%
2019	46%	33%	14%	3%	1%	2%
2018	48%	33%	14%	3%	1%	1%
2017	44%	33%	17%	3%	2%	1%
2016	47%	30%	17%	2%	2%	2%
2015	46%	32%	16%	3%	2%	2%
2014	45%	36%	13%	3%	1%	2%
2013	47%	34%	14%	3%	1%	1%
2012	45%	33%	15%	4%	2%	1%

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2012 to March 2021

Number of respondents

4,029*

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

UK households

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Originally asked as ''I'm now going to read out a number of statements about renewable energy. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each one.'' and also 'Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of these statements - Renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located'
Percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

Survey methodology up to 2019 was a Kantar face-to-face omnibus survey. Between 2020 and 2021, a temporary Kantar online panel type of survey was introduced, which was not based on a random sample of respondents. Due to a change in survey methodology, the source states that direct comparisons between time series is not possible.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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