Create new heights! The support rate of the British people for renewable energy such as photovoltaic systems reached 88%

Create new heights! The support rate of the British people for renewable energy such as photovoltaic systems reached 88%

According to a recent public opinion survey conducted by the British Public Attitude Tracking Agency, 88% of the public support the use of renewable energy in the UK, including solar systems, which exceeded the highest level of 84% last year, while only 2% of the public opposed it.

The survey was conducted this fall and the results were released by the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on December 15. 74% of the British people believe that renewable energy is beneficial to the British economy.

Several industry organizations have recently emphasized the economic benefits of photovoltaic systems. The UK Energy and Climate Intelligence Agency recently announced that the photovoltaic system can provide residential users with 19 years of free electricity.

The British Photovoltaic Association said that the combination of photovoltaic system and battery energy storage system can improve the cost-effectiveness of household users, and British household users can save 40000 pounds in the life cycle of their photovoltaic system. A new report jointly issued by Cornwall Insight and the British law firm Weightmans also agreed with the findings of Solar Energy, claiming that co location deployment of photovoltaic system and battery energy storage system can significantly save costs.

The survey shows that the British people's support for renewable energy is growing, while people's concern about climate change is also continuing. 83% of Britons are worried about climate change, while the number of "very worried" people rose by 6% to 45%.

Dan McGrail, CEO of the British Photovoltaic Association, said, "The public opinion survey conducted recently clearly shows that most people want us to build more onshore and offshore wind farms to generate cheap electricity, improve energy security and cope with climate change. We need to maximize the use of local clean energy to achieve the goal of net zero and energy independence as soon as possible. Therefore, innovative technologies such as floating wind power generation facilities, tidal energy and green hydrogen also play an important role Use. "

Such a high public support rate needs to be fully reflected in government policies. The UK plans to start publishing the key details of the next round of clean energy contract auction and negotiate on the next round of discussions. It is essential that we ensure that we can obtain as much new capacity as possible at a sustainable price in the annual auction, and that this can enable our supply chain to grow nationwide. Therefore, new parameters need to be carefully set to enhance investor confidence ".

Since a new study of the Energy Transition Readiness Index found that the UK was "behind" other European countries, and a similar report by DNV seriously questioned the UK's ability to reach the net zero target by 2050, the British people's support for the use of renewable energy in the country has been growing.

For example, earlier this month, the British energy organization Community Energy England teamed up with major retailers to support the investment in photovoltaic systems.