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Solar Popularity Regains Ground In The USA, Renewable Energy News, 7 Jan 14  Solar power has gained more ground in terms of positive perceptions in the US public according to a recent survey; whereas nuclear energy has lost a substantial amount of acceptance.

The Navigant Research survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found 79% of respondents favoured the concept of solar energy, followed by wind energy at 72%.

Solar’s result was a substantial improvement on 2012 – up from 69%. Wind also saw gains, up from 66%.

Nuclear energy scored poorly, with just 32% of respondents noting a favourable or very favourable impression of the technology, down from 41% in 2012. The number of people with an unfavourable or very unfavourable view of nuclear power climbed from 20% to 32%……

Solar energy attained both the highest percentage of favourable opinions and one of the lowest scores in terms of unfavourable opinions (6%) among all energy and environmental concepts covered in the survey. ……

The Navigant Research Energy and Environment Consumer Survey white paper can be dowloaded here (PDF and registration required).http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=4111