Nine out of ten Germans want more renewable energy

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Nine out of ten Germans (89 percent) advocated for a greater use of renewable energies according to the representative survey conducted among 1003 people by German Renewable Energy Agency (AEE) and YouGov. Among the 89%, 72% asserted that the increased use and development of RES was extremely important to them.

In addition, 64 percent of respondents were amenable to new RE plants if they were familiar with the technology. For example, the approval of a solar park in its own neighborhood increases from 66% to 78% if there is already a solar park in the immediate vicinity. This positive effect ...