Scotland. is failing to take advantage of the transformational possibilities of community owned energy . Community ownership of a key element of the renewables sector – onshore wind - has been shown to provide 34 times more financial benefit to the local community than privately owned developments, as made clear in the Aquatera report (2021) ‘A comparison of the financial benefits arising from private and community owned wind farms: Report to Point and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Development Trust’: This disparity in revenue and control makes the conflation of different categories of ‘local ownership’ with community ownership, and of full community ownership, shared ownership, and community benefits all the more limiting. The below diagram clearly shows the relationship between ownership level – installed capacity – ownership and control – and responsibility and risk.
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Sources: Call to Action, Call to Action