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Community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments
Guidance on good practice principles for communities, businesses, local authorities and others.
Glossary
| Area of benefit | The geographical area that any community benefits package is targeted at. |
| Capacity building | Identifying barriers to development and enhancing abilities to allow individuals and groups to achieve sustainable results. |
| CARES | Community and Renewable Energy Scheme, funded by Scottish Government and delivered by Local Energy Scotland. |
| Community action plan | Document outlining the community’s priorities and the changes local people would like to see. |
| Community Benefits Scheme | A package of benefits that a renewable energy business may offer communities within the area of benefit for the development. These are voluntary arrangements. |
| Community Council | The most local tier of statutory representation in Scotland. They bridge the gap between local authorities and communities. |
| Community of place | A community of people who are bound together because of where they reside, work, visit or otherwise spend a continuous portion of their time. Such a community can be a neighbourhood, town, coffeehouse, work place, gathering place, public space or any other geographically specific place that a number of people share, have in common or visit frequently. |
| Consultation | A process undertaken to understand people’s views and opinions on a topic. |
| Grassroots | Activity or movement driven by a community. |
| In kind benefits | Non-cash benefits. |
| Legal agreement | A contract that is exchanged between two or more parties which is enforceable by law. |
| MW | Megawatt: unit of power generating capacity in which renewable energy installations are measured. |
Contact
Email: lorne.frew@gov.scot
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