Consensus on future EU electricity supply among citizens of France, Germany, and Poland: Implications for modeling

Energy scenarios should ideally account for societal feasibility and hence they could be informed by surveys on citizens’ preferences. This study surveyed consensus among citizens of France (N = 202), Germany 199), Poland 200) their national EU electricity supply 2035, considering different demographics, political orientations, attitudes towards the transition its governance. Results showed a broad who positively viewed hydro, rooftop open field solar, onshore offshore wind power, biomass, savings, negatively Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) net imports. Citizens average preferred diversified with rapid decarbonization denuclearization, limited imports from neighboring countries, small shares CCS. Such now evaluated modelers.