The most strongly supported renewable energy source in the United Kingdom was solar power, with a share of 55 percent, with overall support amounting to almost 88 percent.
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments?
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Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). (June 22, 2023). Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). "Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments?." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). (2023). Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). "Generally Speaking, Do You Support or Oppose The following Renewable Energy Developments?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK), Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the following renewable energy developments? [Graph], Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK), June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/425051/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-energy-developments/