Securing Community Benefit from commercial renewable energy developments - private, commercial, and mixed ownership

This section of the Community Renewable Energy Toolkit discusses commercially owned projects which deliver a financial ‘benefit’ to local communities either through providing some income or through shared ownership options. It provides some basic information on this topic, outlining the development control process, some key points on commercial wind farm development and how to go about negotiating a benefit arrangement. Further detailed information on securing community benefit from commercial schemes can be found in ‘Delivering Community Benefit from Wind Energy Development: A Toolkit (May 2007 – A Report for the Renewables Advisory Board and DTI).

Link to section 7: Securing community benefit from commercial renewable energy developments (PDF)

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