Watt Communities Want: Six Insights into UK Public Opinion on Energy

This report (published on June 10, 2026) was commissioned by eleven leading energy trade bodies and presents the findings of a nationally indicative survey of 996 UK adults, including respondents across all political voting affiliations.

The organisations behind this polling represent the breadth of the UK’s clean energy economy – from wind, solar and storage to heat, bioenergy, hydrogen, carbon capture, nuclear, and demand flexibility.

Together, the ADE, BEAMA, the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA), Energy UK, the Heat Pump Association (HPA UK), Hydrogen UK, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), the Renewable Energy Association (REA), RenewableUK, Scottish Renewables, and Solar Energy UK speak for thousands of businesses across the supply chain – developers, manufacturers, investors, operators, generators, and innovators – working to deliver the UK’s clean energy transition.