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July 29, 2026EnergiesOpen Access

Public Acceptance of Renewable Energy Across 21 Countries: Public Attitudes, Community Consent, and Policy Design

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AHAftab HaiderMNMahmud Zuhdi Mohd NorCTCecile Abi Tayeh

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Overview

Examines public acceptance of renewable energy across 21 countries, highlighting the role of attitudes and policy design in shaping community consent.

Key Points

  • The research aims to understand how public acceptance of renewable energy varies across countries and what policy instruments effectively enhance this acceptance.
  • Conducted a structured narrative synthesis across 21 countries
  • Integrated opinion surveys and peer-reviewed literature on local community acceptance
  • Analyzed capacity data from IRENA and IEA
  • Median support for renewable energy stands at 76% across 77 countries and 85% in the EU, masking growing polarisation in the US
  • Technology acceptance ranks from rooftop solar to carbon capture and nuclear
  • Community acceptance is influenced more by procedural fairness than physical proximity to renewable infrastructure.

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Haider et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a69a26dc8da07d9defa5ccahttps://doi.org/10.3390/en19153525
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