Webinar on Community Benefits from Renewable Energy in Scotland.
Join the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) for an information webinar on community benefits from renewable energy developments.
SCDC is running two online webinars to provide an opportunity to find out more and ask questions about the review process, including what to expect from the community conversations and how you can get involved.
They will be running two online webinars:
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Wednesday 19th February 2025, 6pm – 7:30pm
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Thursday 20th February 2025, 1pm – 2pm
Community benefits are additional benefits that renewable energy developers provide to communities to enable them to share in the benefits of renewable energy projects. Community benefits schemes are well established and saw over £30 million offered by renewables developers in community benefits in the last 12 months.
The Scottish Government’s Good Practice Principles for onshore and offshore renewable developments support communities and developers to get the best from community benefits.
With more and more renewable projects being developed in Scotland, the Scottish Government is now reviewing and updating its Good Practice Principles to ensure community benefits deliver sustainable and meaningful impacts. To support this, the Scottish Government launched a public consultation in December 2024 which will run until 11 April 2025.
On behalf of the Scottish Government, and in tandem with the formal online consultation, the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) is carrying out a series of community conversations to inform this review. The aim of these conversations is to hear the views of individuals and communities around Scotland on what the Scottish Government can do to help maximise the impact of community benefits.
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