A project in Lewis this week shows what is possible and the size of the opportunity, writes Brian Wilson
The term “community benefit” from renewable energy projects tends to equate in public perception to strips for the local football team and an upgrade for the village hall, accompanied by generous doses of local PR for the munificent developer.
It is now matter of urgency to wipe that slate clean and start again. As the transition to renewables, mainly onshore and offshore windfarms, intensifies so too must the level of expectation about what local communities and Scottish society as a whole are going to get out of it https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-we-need-a-law-to-ensure-community-benefits-from-scotlands-windfarm-boom-brian-wilson-4754660?fbclid=IwY2xjawE2vFxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHX2PzCE49Lb_rUpQkhhzdXCKTdKNNkoeGeQwE2oEf50zXBye2Zjed7s_fQ_aem_KHBjE3W7HCUoT_WGNhvXKQ
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