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The key to a successful community benefit fund from renewable energy projects lies in the word ‘community’.
That is according to those behind the fund that administers more than £2m annually from the Viking Energy wind farm in Shetland.
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Achieving community benefit is hard work and requires communities to overcome differences over divisive energy projects
The Shetland Community Benefit Fund is the largest of its kind in the UK Those behind the fund share the lessons learned from what was a 15-year long process...