Calls are growing around the world for expansion of renewable power as part of the route out of economic depression. Alongside a submission from a wide array of British business leaders, Greenpeace UK added to the calls overnight. Justin Rowlatt, the BBC’s environment correspondent, responded with some scepticism this morning (4th June 2020)

He wrote:

(M)any local communities are likely to resist the plan for a big increase in onshore wind and solar power to complement a proposed massive expansion of offshore wind farms - few things unite local communities like a proposal to put in an array of wind turbines.

The evidence to back this is non-existent. British people overwhelmingly back local renewables, particularly if ownership is also localised.

Here is the evidence from the latest BEIS (the UK government’s department for industry) survey.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/beis-public-attitudes-tracker-wave-33