🧵👇1/7 In the fossil fuel era, companies get all the profits, while communities face pollution & economic instability.
#Renewables are a chance to flip the script—but only if their benefits are shared fairly.
#Renewables are a chance to flip the script—but only if their benefits are shared fairly.
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It’s ensuring that communities aren’t just passive hosts of renewable projects but active beneficiaries. Done well, it:
💪builds trust,
⏩speeds up deployment
💸creates local economic opportunities.
🏡 Financial compensation via land leases, community funds, or local taxes.
🏗️ Infrastructure investment like better roads & schools.
🎓 In-kind contributions like job training and conservation programs.
Community ownership ensures locals share profits & decision-making, increasing long-term engagement & resilience.
Think: solar co-ops, wind farm revenue-sharing, and direct energy discounts.
🌞 🇳🇱 Amsterdam’s Ecostroom solar co-op lowers bills & funds local businesses.
🌬️ Wind farms in 🇦🇹’s Burgenland boost the local economy & energy independence.
🐝🇪🇸's Andévalo photovoltaic park has created 162 hives & honey plants.
Something to perhaps consider @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social?