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Call for views - Community benefits from net zero energy developments
Created: 24/02/2025
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This consultation is part of a review of the Good Practice Principles for onshore and offshore renewable energy, which seeks to ensure that the Scottish Government's guidance helps communities and developers get the best from community benefits.
Community benefits are additional benefits that are currently voluntary, which developers provide to the “community”, and which sit independently of the planning and consenting system. They provide an opportunity to share in the benefits of the energy resource and can have lasting social and economic impacts.
Community benefits schemes are a well-established, integral part of renewable energy developments in Scotland, fostering a positive relationship between renewable energy businesses and local communities. These schemes saw over £30 million offered by renewables developers in community benefits in the last 12 months.
The Scottish Government is seeking the views of all those with an interest in the social and economic benefits of renewable energy development for people and communities in Scotland. Specifically, it seeks views on community benefits from onshore technologies, such as onshore wind, solar, hydrogen and storage and community benefits from offshore technologies, such as offshore wind.
Alongside the online consultation, the Scottish Government will be engaging with key stakeholders, including communities, industry, and the public and third sectors to build as broad a picture as possible of the potential opportunities – and limits – of community benefits from renewable energy. The Scottish Government has commissioned research on the provision of community benefits across different renewable energy technologies.
Together, the information and views gathered across this work will inform a refresh of our onshore and offshore Good Practice Principles in the latter part of 2025.
Click here to take part in the consultation.
The consultation closes on Friday 11 April 2025.
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