bwea's role in public information
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BWEA's role in public information. Alison Hill BWEA. BWEA. The UK’s trade and professional body for companies and others with an interest in the UK wind resource 190 companies (four-fold growth since ‘97) Provide political lobby, intelligence and information – ‘access to the system’ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BWEA's role in public information
Alison HillBWEA
BWEA
• The UK’s trade and professional body for companies and others with an interest in the UK wind resource
• 190 companies (four-fold growth since ‘97)• Provide political lobby, intelligence and
information – ‘access to the system’• Represent all prospective offshore developers
to Government, Crown Estate, etc.
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Is the right message out there?Surveys Reveal Public Support for Renewable EnergyDecember 2001
• Almost all of the interviewees had heard of climate change and three quarters of them, 74%, were concerned about its effects.
• Over half the public interviewed (55%) had heard the term ‘renewable energy’, and there was high approval for solar, wave/tidal, and hydro-electric power.
• Interestingly, only 3% of the interviewees were opposed to building onshore wind farms in Britain.
Probably not
Surveys Reveal Public Support for Renewable EnergyDecember 2001
In your opinion which, if any, of these sorts of electricity power station should be built in Britain during the next 10 years?
Vacuum 4% had heard of2% should be built in Britain2% should not be built in Britain11% don’t want within 3 miles of home
People want to do more
Climate change flood risk finally hits homeNew Climate Change Survey shows public link floods and storms to global warning October 2000
28 per cent of people think they’re buying energy from a renewable source, but only 17,000 people have made the switch to a greentariff - less than one per cent of all UK households.
But are they?
People want to know how to do more
NOP research demonstrates that the public wants more information
… February 2002
•73% say they want more information about why they should save energy •77% say they want information on how to save energy
How can we help the public help us?
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