Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Legal Change and Impact on Communities |
| Editors | Lila Barrera-Hernandez, Barry Barton, Lee Godden, Alastair Lucas, Anita Rønne |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2016 |
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Keywords
- Scotland
- renewable energy
- community ownership
- land reform
- energy democracy
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Community benefit through community ownership of renewable generation in Scotland : power to the people? / McHarg, Aileen.
Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity: Legal Change and Impact on Communities. ed. / Lila Barrera-Hernandez; Barry Barton; Lee Godden; Alastair Lucas; Anita Rønne. 2016.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Community benefit through community ownership of renewable generation in Scotland
T2 - power to the people?
AU - McHarg, Aileen
PY - 2016/3/31
Y1 - 2016/3/31
N2 - Community ownership is being promoted by the Scottish Government as a means of delivering economic benefits to communities in which renewable electricity developments are situated. This paper argues that community ownership should be regarded as more than simply a strategy for increasing the public acceptability of renewable energy projects, but rather that has considerable transformative potential: for the economic sustainability of host communities; in relation to wider issues concerning the social distribution of power and resources; and for the energy industry itself. The paper discusses, first, the financial and other advantages of community ownership, as compared with more conventional methods of delivering community benefit. Second, it explores the relationship between community ownership of renewables and wider processes of land reform in Scotland. Finally, it considers the potential of community ownership to be the harbinger of a new model of 'energy democracy' which challenges the prevailing neo-liberal paradigm.
AB - Community ownership is being promoted by the Scottish Government as a means of delivering economic benefits to communities in which renewable electricity developments are situated. This paper argues that community ownership should be regarded as more than simply a strategy for increasing the public acceptability of renewable energy projects, but rather that has considerable transformative potential: for the economic sustainability of host communities; in relation to wider issues concerning the social distribution of power and resources; and for the energy industry itself. The paper discusses, first, the financial and other advantages of community ownership, as compared with more conventional methods of delivering community benefit. Second, it explores the relationship between community ownership of renewables and wider processes of land reform in Scotland. Finally, it considers the potential of community ownership to be the harbinger of a new model of 'energy democracy' which challenges the prevailing neo-liberal paradigm.
KW - Scotland
KW - renewable energy
KW - community ownership
KW - land reform
KW - energy democracy
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M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780198767954
BT - Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity
A2 - Barrera-Hernandez, Lila
A2 - Barton, Barry
A2 - Godden, Lee
A2 - Lucas, Alastair
A2 - Rønne, Anita
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