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?*
* 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.
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (May 13, 2021). Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?*." Chart. May 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2021). Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Do You Agree or Disagree, That Renewable Energy Developments Should Provide Direct Benefit to The Communities in Which They Are Located?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 16, 2025)
Do you agree or disagree, that renewable energy developments should provide direct benefit to the communities in which they are located?* [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, May 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/425025/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-community-benefits-from-renewable-energy-developments/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed