Publication - Consultation paper

Community benefits from net zero energy developments: consultation

Published: 19 December 2024
Directorate: Offshore Wind Directorate, +1 more … Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Energy
ISBN: 9781836910855

This consultation is part of a review of the Good Practice Principles for community benefits from onshore and offshore net zero energy developments, which seeks to ensure that our guidance helps communities and developers get the best from community benefits.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Projects overview Local Energy Scotland

2 Community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments - gov.scot

3 Scottish Government Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Offshore Renewable Energy Developments

4 Skills Development Scotland: Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan - The analysis undertaken for Skills Development Scotland identified £42.1 billion of investment in the energy transition which is either already underway or with a high likelihood of proceeding. The Authors note that the investment figures represent a snapshot at the point at which the research was carried out (2022).

5 Scottish whole energy system scenarios - Climate XChange

6 Welsh Government’s Guidance for developers, local communities and decision-makers.

7 Developing local partnerships for onshore wind in England - GOV.UK

8 UK Government BEIS_Offshore_Wind_Single_Pages_web_optimised.pdf

9 Community benefits for electricity transmission network infrastructure - GOV.UK

10 Community benefits for electricity transmission network infrastructure - GOV.UK

11 Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7: Clean Industry Bonus framework and guidance - GOV.UK

12 Clean Power 2030 Action Plan - GOV.UK

13 First Minister’s Investor Panel Report (2023): Investor Panel: Mobilising international capital to finance the transition to Net zero - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

14 Based on the evidence available across a number of individual studies, Scotland's burgeoning offshore wind sector could support as many as 10,400 – 54,000 jobs: Footnotes - Offshore Wind Focus - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Robin Rigg East and West offshore wind farm (rwe.com)

16 Home | beatricewind

17 Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

18 Seagreen Wind Energy - Home

19 Current, reported potential pipeline at end of September 2024 is 42.7 GW (13.4 GW from the renewable energy planning database REPD, this includes 6.3 GW of INTOG and ScotWind projects), 4.7 GW INTOG (excluding 663 MW that have reached the planning stage) and 24.5 GW ScotWind (excluding 5,600MW that have reached the planning stage).

20 British energy security strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

21 ScotWind developers set out multi-billion-pound supply chain commitments | Crown Estate Scotland

22 See CES map of offshore wind in Scottish waters as of May 2024.

23 SCDS Summary

24 Annex - Offshore Wind Focus - gov.scot

25 As set out in 2024 paper Offshore Wind Focus - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

26 Green industrial strategy - gov.scot

27 Community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

28 The Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (2020) identified plan options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland, including deep water wind technologies.

29 UOFF Review - Executive Summary_0.pdf

30 Vattenfall Unlock our Future Fund - Local Energy Scotland

31 Hornsea 3 Community Fund - Grantscape Grantscape

32 Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm | Ørsted

33 Hornsea 3 Fisheries Fund - Grantscape Grantscape

34 Local Energy Scotland’s Community Benefit Register allows developers and communities to upload details of community benefit arrangements attached to renewable energy projects in Scotland. The Register is a guide to community benefit provisions rather than an exhaustive list of all projects.

35Developing a new model to maximise local economic benefits from development in Moray and Highland, p. 52

36 £5,000 per MW of installed capacity per annum.

37 RESS | Community Benefit Fund | SEAI

38 Power-to-the-People-Final-Final-Final.pdf (ukonward.com), p. 42.

39 gov.ie - ORESS 1 Community Benefit Fund - Rulebook for Generators and Fund Administrators

40 RESS | Community Benefit Fund | SEAI

41 Community Benefit Fund - Dublin Array

42 Community Benefits from Offshore Renewables: Good Practice Review (climatexchange.org.uk), p. 28

43 Construction of an offshore wind farm - Iberdrola

44 Methodology used to set Administrative Strike Prices for CfD Allocation Round 6

45 Delivering-local-benefit-from-offshore-renewables.pdf (regen.co.uk), p. 19

46 Delivering Community Benefits from Land (landcommission.gov.scot)

47 Funds | beatricewind

48 beatrice-impact-report-2023-002.pdf

49 Understanding community benefit payments from renewable energy development (sciencedirectassets.com), p.209.

50 Shared Ownership of Onshore Renewable Energy Developments - gov.scot

51 Funding advice for renewable energy projects in Scotland

52 Scottish-Community-Coalition-on-Energy-Community-Shared-Ownership-Paper-FINAL-1.pdf (communityenergyscotland.org.uk), p. 2.

53 Microsoft Word - Promotion of Renewable Energy Act - extract

54 The past, present and uncertain future of community energy in Denmark: Critically reviewing and conceptualising citizen ownership - ScienceDirect

55 Delivering-local-benefit-from-offshore-renewables.pdf (regen.co.uk)

56 Denmark disappointed after offshore wind tender draws no bids | Reuters

57 This includes onshore wind; solar photovoltaic (PV); large- and small-scale hydro; and anaerobic digestion. Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK

58 Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK

59 The Economic Impact of Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector - 2023 Update | FAI (fraserofallander.org) FAI estimates rely on data from the ONS Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy survey. There is significant uncertainty in this underlying ONS survey data, particularly at the individual technology level. The results are therefore accompanied by a moderately large margin of error.

60 Estimates are for 2021, based on direct, indirect and induced activity and employment. The Economic Impact of Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector - 2023 Update | FAI (fraserofallander.org)

It is assumed here that the "onshore renewables” sector is composed of the following sectors: onshore wind, solar pv, hydropower, renewable heat, bioenergy and renewable combined heat and power.

61 Scottish Government EY Independent Analysis These figures are based on the central Balanced Options Pathway (BOP) scenario in the EY Independent Analysis. As Chapter 3 of that analysis shows, this is one among many possible future outcomes, which will vary depending on a wide variety of factors. Estimates include direct and indirect impacts

62 Community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments - gov.scot

63 Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK: As at end Q2 2024.

64 Projects overview · Local Energy Scotland: Figure correct as of December 2024.

65 Onshore wind: policy statement 2022 - gov.scot

66 Onshore wind sector deal - gov.scot

67 Map · Local Energy Scotland

68 Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK: As at end Q2 2024

69 Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract - GOV.UK: As at end Q3 2024

70 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: As at Q2 2024.

71 Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract - GOV.UK,As at Q3 2024.

72 Report: The Economic Impact of Pumped Storage Hydro (scottishrenewables.com)

73 Microsoft Word - Economic Impact of Pumped Storage Hydro in the UK 5May23.docx (scottishrenewables.com)