Renewable enterprises on UK farms: Assessing levels of uptake, motivations and constraints to widespread adoption

► The adoption rate of biomass production is lower than that of other RE enterprises. ► RE enterprises contribute to farm business performance. ► Motives for adoption of RE production on UK farms are entrepreneurial in nature. ► Economic, institutional/cognitive and social acceptability are main constraints. ► Mismatch between farmers' preferences for RE enterprises and UK policy priorities.