Looking for previous posts? Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Let’s assume that the community benefits will flow. As I outlined in my Report, community benefits can be many different things. In this post, I’m going to have a look at a few of the options that I came across in my research; this […]
Thoughts on Community Benefits: Part 3 – The Benefits Read More »
Looking for Part 1? Click here. Anywhere there are large-scale renewable and low-carbon energy projects, there is a discussion about community benefits. Because every community is different, there is no single correct approach to providing benefits back to communities, and there has not always been the same level of pressure on both industry and government
Thoughts on Community Benefits: Part 2 – Eligibility Read More »
The Clean energy Council and Farmers for Climate Action recent released a joint paper entitled “Billions in the Bush: Regional energy for regional prosperity“. It’s a good document, and ably argues that there will be significant benefits (literally billions of dollars worth) paid to landholders and communities as part of the roll-out of grid-scale renewables
Approximately 450km north of Extremadura, in north-western Spain, the region of Castile and León was the country’s largest wind energy producer in 2023. Like the rest of the country, project development has benefited from a historically well-networked electricity grid, which has been built out and upgraded over time. The region also undertook some early planning
Last week saw me travelling in and around Glasgow, as my focus shifted more towards onshore wind. The hillsides and moors around Glasgow are dotted with wind farms, large and small – but it was the large ones I was particularly interested in. Scottish Power Renewables’ Whitelee wind farm is the largest onshore wind farm
Despite some flight delays, and LA traffic, I have found myself more or less where I planned to be according to schedule. That place for the moment is Mojave, California – a town of a couple of thousand people set between the small cities of Rosamond and Tehachapi and surrounded by wind and solar farms.